Tunc. A Novel

TitleTunc. A Novel
Year for Search1968
AuthorsDurrell, Lawrence [George](1912-1990)
Date Published1968
PublisherFaber and Faber
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

The background to the novel is a dystopia where one company is gaining control of the world. Tunc in Latin means “then,” “next,” or “next in succession”. Continued with somewhat less of the dystopia in Nunquam. A Novel. London: Faber and Faber. U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1970. Collected in The Revolt of Aphrodite. Tunc and Nunquam (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), separately paged. Nunquam means “never” in Latin.

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. Rpt. New York: Pocket Books, 1969. Collected in The Revolt of Aphrodite. Tunc and Nunquam (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), separately paged.

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Author Note

The author (1912-1990) was born in India of English parents, was raised and educated in India and England, but lived most his life outside the U.K. 

Full Text

1968 Durrell, Lawrence [George] (1912-1990). Tunc. A Novel. London: Faber and Faber. U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. Rpt. New York: Pocket Books, 1969. Collected in The Revolt of Aphrodite. Tunc and Nunquam (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), separately paged. L, PSt

The background to the novel is a dystopia where one company is gaining control of the world. Tunc in Latin means “then,” “next,” or “next in succession”. Continued with somewhat less of the dystopia in Nunquam. A Novel. London: Faber and Faber. U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1970. Collected in The Revolt of Aphrodite. Tunc and Nunquam (London: Faber and Faber, 1974), separately paged. Nunquam means “never” in Latin. The author was born in India of English parents was raised and educated in India and England, but spent most of his life outside the U.K.