The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea - Softcover

Durrell, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571086098 ISBN 13: 9780571086092

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1986

Synopsis

'Mr Durrell has written about a dozen real love stories, entwined them, explored them with a truly Proustian ferocity and set them all against the marvellous background of Alexandria in the late 'thirties and early 'forties. He is a romantic by temperament, dazzlingly exuberant in style and vision, reckless in ambition, wonderfully prolific in invention.The writing is nearly always superb, not only in the great passages of poetical description but also in the asides, the casual wit and brilliance of comment.' Philip Toynbee in the Observer

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Review:

'Durrell was a master at creating and handling tension ... I was fascinated from the start.' -- Wilbur Smith

'One of the most important works of our time.' -- New York Times Book Review

'Intoxicating.' -- Niall Ferguson

'A formidable, glittering achievement.' --Times Literary Supplement

'The writing is nearly always superb, not only in the great passages of poetical description but also in the asides, the casual wit and brilliance of comment.' -- Philip Toynbee, Observer

'There can be no doubt of the magnitude of Durrell's achievement.' --George Steiner

Book Description:

The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell contains the hugely celebrated books Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0571086098
• ISBN 13: 9780571086092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 880