Compare Prospero and Alonso as desert island exiles.
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Desert Solitaire is a nonfiction book by Edward Abbey. The author appreciates the wilderness in the US and discusses the adverse impacts of technology and development on the natural habitat. Abbey makes his arguments based on his experience as a park ranger. He advocates for the preservation of the wilderness.
Prospero's Cell is a fine example of Durrell's metaphysical speculations and a precursor to The Alexandria Quartet. Durrell, believing that "we are the children of our landscape," tries to capture the essence of Greece in this book of his travels. Written in the 1930's, when Durrell was just starting out as a writer, the book is more like a portrait of the artist as a young man than a conventional travel guide. He records the learning process that he has to undergo in order to become a writer, rather than listing the typical tourist..