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Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances in
Lawrence Durrell's seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime
Egypt that is 'stunning' (Andre Aciman) and 'wonderful' (Elif
Shafak) 'A masterpiece.' Guardian 'A formidable, glittering
achievement.' TLS 'One of the great works of English fiction.'
Times 'Dazzlingly exuberant ... Superb.' Observer 'Brave and brazen
... Lush and grandiose.' Independent 'Legendary ... Casts a spell
... Reader, watch out!' Guardian 'Lushly beautiful ... One of the
most important works of our time.' NYTBR Alexandria, Egypt. Trams,
palm trees and watermelon stalls lie honey-bathed in sunlight; in
darkened bedrooms, sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world trembling
on the brink of the Second World War, passion and death are
inextricable. When Darley, a penniless schoolteacher, begins an
affair with Justine - a married Egyptian woman of unparalleled
glamour - their partners, Melissa and Nessim, are sucked into a
whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One of the twentieth-century's
greatest romances, Lawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of
modern love' set the world alight in 1957. Rich in political and
sexual intrigue, his epic masterpiece burns just as brightly today.
Introduced by Jan Morris, this oomnibus edition collects all four
novels together in all their glory. What Readers Are Saying -
Justine (Book 1): 'Sometimes you discover a new author and know
you're going to be friends for life ... One of the most beautiful
books I've ever read.' 'I absolutely adored this book ... I felt
sucked into it with an amazing force by the beauty of the words ...
The backdrop of 1930s Egypt's literary circles and bohemian
relationships is mesmerising ... Breathtaking.' 'Shimmering and
dreamlike ... One of the most beautifully written books I've read
... All of life is here; can't wait for the next one.' 'Lush,
brutal, beautiful ... Durrell captured a place and time that will
never exist again.' 'What makes this novel truly spectacular is the
language, the episodic jumps in time, the lush lyricism, and how
Durrell so deftly manages to tie this all into both the city of
Alexandria and the themes of passion, love, and jealousy. '
Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s
Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel
writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.
'Stunning.' Andre Aciman 'Masterly ... Casts a spell.' Jan Morris
'Invades the reader's every sense ... Remarkable.' Victoria Hislop
'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' Elif
Shafak 'Our last great garlicky master of the vanishing
Mediterranean.' Richard Holmes 'Exceptional ... Revelatory ... A
master.' Observer 'He writes as an artist, as well as a poet .
Profoundly beautiful.' New Statesman Cyprus, 1953. As the island
fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient
conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering
Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters
Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his
youth in Corfu. He settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his
poet's eye for beauty - and passable Greek - vividly captures the
moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether
collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing
revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician
with words: and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but
an intimate portrait of a community lost forever. WINNER OF THE
DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE 'Brilliant ... Never for a moment does
Durrell lose the poet's touch.' New York Times
Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu
by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The
Durrells in Corfu. 'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the
best books ever written.' New York Times In his youth, before he
became a celebrated writer and poet, Lawrence Durrell spent four
transformative years on the island jewel of Corfu, fascinated by
the idyllic natural beauty and blood-stained ancient history within
its rocky shores. While his brother Gerald collected animals as a
budding naturalist - later fictionalised in My Family and Other
Animals and filmed as The Durrells in Corfu - Lawrence fished,
drank and befriended the local villagers. After World War II
catapulted him back into a turmoiled world, Durrell never forgot
the wonders of Corfu. Prospero's Cell is his magical evocation of
the blazing Aegean landscape, brimming with memories of the places
and people that changed him forever. 'Cannot be bettered ... A
classic ... His words still evoke the magical qualities of the
island.' Telegraph 'Some writers reinvent their language; others
the world. Durrell did both.' Andre Aciman 'Invades the reader's
every sense ... Remarkable.' Victoria Hislop 'These days I am
admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' Elif Shafak 'Our last
great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean.' Richard
Holmes 'Corfu could not have found a fitter chronicler.' Daily
Telegraph 'A charming idyll ... Delightful.' Sunday Times
Lose yourself in this dazzling travelogue of the idyllic Greek
Islands by the king of travel writing and real-life family member
of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Incandescent.' Andre Aciman 'A
magician.' The Times 'Invades the reader's every sense ...
Remarkable.' Victoria Hislop 'Nobody knows the Greek islands like
Durrell.' New York Times White-washed houses drenched in pink
bougainvillea; dazzling seascapes and rugged coastlines; colourful
harbours in quaint fishing villages; shady olive and cypress
groves; terraces bathed in the Aegean sun ... The Greek islands
conjure up a treasure-chest of images - but nobody brings them to
life as vividly as the legendary travel writer Lawrence Durrell. It
was during his youth in Corfu - which his brother Gerald
fictionalised in My Family and Other Animals, later filmed as The
Durrells In Corfu - that his love affair with the Mediterranean
began. Now, in this glorious tour of the Greek islands, he weaves
evocative descriptions of these idyllic landscapes with insights
into their ancient history, and shares luminous personal memories
of his time in the local communities. No traveller to Greece or
admirer of Durrell's magic should miss it. 'Masterly ... Casts a
spell.' Jan Morris 'Charming ... Delightful.' Sunday Times 'Our
last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean.' Richard
Holmes 'Like long letters from a civilized and very funny friend -
the prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves.' Time
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love
affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrell's epic modern classic,
introduced by bestselling author Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of
Love). An expat schoolteacher has spent years in exile reflecting
on his turmoiled love affair with Justine, a glamorous Egyptian
wife. Returning to wartime Alexandria, he finds that his old
friends have suffered dramatic changes of body, mind, and fortune -
and someone whom he has never really known wishes to see him. His
affair with Clea, a bisexual artist, not only changes the lovers,
but transforms the dead, forever - and heralds a new beginning,
just as Lawrence Durrell's intoxicating masterpiece ends. 'Durrell
has written about a dozen real love stories, entwined them, and
explored them with a truly Proustian ferocity ... Superb.' Observer
'Lushly beautiful ... His style glows ... One of the most important
works of our time.' New York Times Book Review 'It is hard now to
recapture the impact half a century ago of these novels' heat,
luxuriance and profanity [or] his descriptions of Alexandria - its
beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence ....' Spectator
Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the idyllic South
of France by the king of travel writing and real-life family member
of The Durrells in Corfu. 'Full of stories, landscapes, comedy,
history, heresies, animals, food, drink, and songs of the Midi.'
Patrick Leigh Fermor 'A richly characteristic bouillabaisse by our
last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean, our old
Prospero of the south.' Richard Holmes Provence, Southern France.
Celebrated writer and poet Lawrence Durrell made the Midi his home
for more than thirty years: and in his final book, he shares his
most evocative, dazzling memories of life as a local. A seductive
blend of travelogue, poet's notebook, and intimate autobiography,
Durrell guides us through the rich layers of human history that lie
beneath the region's legendary landscapes. From stories of magic
and mythology infusing the rolling vineyards and vivid lavender
fields to tales of Roman conquest, bull-worship, and courtly love
beneath the wounded blue skies, Caesar's Vast Ghost is a classic
memoir to be treasured. 'Casts a spell ... Masterly.' Jan Morris 'A
virtuoso.' New York Times
The Avignon Quintet gathers Lawrence Durrell's five kaleidoscopic,
Booker Prize-nominated novels - orbiting around the South of France
in World War II - into one epic modern classic, one of 'the
greatest novels of our time' (Sunday Times). 'Durrell is a
magician. He juggles with glittering words, he conjures up "cloud
capped towers, gorgeous palaces and solemn temples," he entrances,
intrigues and impresses.' The Times Avignon: the kingdom of kings
and Popes, capital of the historic South of France, heart of
legendary Provence. The entwined lives of a group of friends - and
lovers - are transformed forever by the outbreak of World War II.
But their dramatic present only plunges them further into the
darkness of an ancient past, as they become entangled in buried
plots, gnostic cults, religious rituals, and a mysterious hunt for
hidden Knight's Templar treasure. From Hitler's Europe to the
medieval world, French chateaus to Egyptian deserts, The Avignon
Quintet is an epic symphony of ecstasy and terror, madness and
memory, passion and death. Consisting of five majestic novels -
Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx - it is a wild,
wise masterpiece that could only be written by the literary master
of his century, Lawrence Durrell. 'Entrancing ... Swooning ...
Charged with Durrell's strange magic.' Guardian 'An enigmatic and
secretive work, a cluster of dark passages and gaudy
treasure-filled caves ... Inventive gusto and fictive extravagance
... Sensational.' London Review of Books 'Splendid ... Reckless
all-or-nothing writing.' Sunday Telegraph 'A virtuoso, capable of
extraordinary feats.' New York Times 'Pungent and teasing ... There
is some insidious power in him that keeps one reading.' Observer
What readers are saying: 'As if Proust had written Raiders of the
Lost Ark ...Templars, gnostics, handsome princes, asylums, madness,
Freudians, southern France, Egypt, ancient tombs, castles, exotica,
erotica, incest, ghosts, gypsies, ascetics, spies, Nazis, secret
societies, bordellos, feasts, Nubian lesbians, assassins disguised
as nuns, literary doppelgangers, convents, hidden treasure,
suicide, and art.' 'Mystery, love, incest, war, espionage, gypsies,
mysticism, secret rituals: a masterful writer.' 'Magnificent ... An
incredible level of writing that should be experienced by everyone
who loves modern literature.' 'A masterpiece ... Unlike anything
I've ever read.' 'The master at his peak.' 'The writing is
spectacular, unlike anything today.' 'Deeply complex, very clever
use of language and gripping. Highly recommended.' 'Hairs suddenly
rise on the back of the neck ... Read with a glass of wine.'
Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic
Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing and
real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician.' The
Times Despite decades spent poetically chronicling Mediterranean
life in Rhodes, Cyprus and Corfu, celebrated travel writer Lawrence
Durrell had never set foot on the largest island: Sicily. For
years, his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this
sun-kissed paradise, but it took her sudden death to finally bring
him to its shores - and he is not disappointed. Joining an
eccentric tour group, Durrell immerses himself in the island's
spectacular archaeological remains, and becomes dizzy with Sicily's
rich history: its mysterious myths and meanings. Featuring
unpublished poems and illustrated with elegant engravings. Sicilian
Carousel is a gem that ranks with Durrell's finest work. 'Readers
who have been to Sicily will love this book. Readers who have not
been to Sicily will love this book.' Paul Fussell 'Like long
letters from a civilized and very funny friend - the prose as
luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves.' Time
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love
affairs of wartime Egypt: Durrell's epic modern classic, introduced
by William Boyd (bestselling author of Any Human Heart and
Restless). 'A master at creating and handling tension ... I was
fascinated from the start.' Wilbur Smith David Mountolive, a young
English diplomat, has been obsessed with Egypt ever since a
youthful love affair. Returning to Alexandria as British Ambassador
just before World War Two, he unravels an intricate political and
religious conspiracy - one that connects a web of wildly different
characters, including an exiled schoolteacher and glamorous
Egyptian couple. Mountolive gradually exposes the sinister
underbelly of these tangled relationships, their deceptions and
betrayals mirroring the explosive turmoil of the modern Middle East
- and the result is Durrell's most cinematic masterpiece.
'Astonishing ... A work of splendid craft and troubling veracity.'
New York Times Book Review 'A masterpiece ... Don't be fooled by
the richness of the prose, the depth of the passions ... Wicked and
funny.' Guardian 'Dazzlingly exuberant in style and vision,
reckless in ambition, wonderfully prolific in invention ...
Superb.' Observer VOLUME THREE OF LAWRENCE DURRELL'S ALEXANDRIA
QUARTET
Lose yourself in this classic 1950s Cold War spy thriller tracking
a British secret agent in Communist Serbia by the celebrated of The
Alexandria Quartet, perfect for fans of John le Carre. 'A
spellbinder ... Desperately exciting.' Daily Telegraph Methuen is a
seasoned British secret agent, weary of espionage missions and
desperately in need of a break - but he can't resist an assignment
to investigate dirty dealings in the Balkans. A fellow British spy
has been murdered in Serbia by a guerrilla gang of underground
royalists, the White Eagles - but when Methuen arrives, he soon
finds himself in a life-and-death struggle, pursued by both the
royalists and Communists alike ... Inspired by Lawrence Durrell's
own experiences in the British Foreign Office, White Eagles Over
Serbia is a classic Cold War espionage thriller: a white-knuckle
adventure perfect for fans of John le Carre and Graham Greene.
'Exceptionally well written [and] brings back memories of boyhood
classics.' Sunday Times 'Vivid ... Beautiful descriptions ...
Carries us expertly from one excitement to another.' Punch What
Readers Are Saying: 'All spy-novel fans should read this wonderful
mysterious portrayal of post-war Balkans. Read it now!' 'A very
good espionage / thriller novel ... Fantastic descriptions of the
post war Yugoslav atmosphere ... Durrell could have given LeCarre
some competition.' 'As a setting for adventure and intrigue, the
mountains in post-WWII Serbia, are unparalleled.' 'A good old
fashioned spy romp over the mountains.' 'A spy thriller very much
in the British Boys Own style ... Superlative.'
Lose yourself in bestselling author Lawrence Durrell's sublime
novel about a group of English tourists trapped in the minotaur's
labyrinth on Crete ... 'Spellbinding ... A fine storyteller.'
Guardian 'Superb ... Quite simply a lovely work of art.' New York
Times A group of English tourists have come ashore from their
cruise ship to explore the island of Crete. This motley crew -
including a painter, spiritualist, spinster, soldier, convalescent,
and elderly couple - are holidaying to seek respite from a broken
post-war world. But their journey reaches a disastrous climax when
they visit a cave reputed to be the legendary labyrinth of the
minotaur, and become trapped within ... Set in the glorious
Mediterranean landscapes which Lawrence Durrell so famously evoked
in his travel writing and novels, The Dark Labyrinth is a morality
tale unlike any other. Artfully blending horror and humour, comedy
and tragedy, witty allegory and profound philosophy, it is a
sublime novel, as refreshing today as it was decades ago. 'Superb,
not only in the great passages of poetical description but also
[the] casual wit and the brilliance of comment.' Observer 'Will
amuse those who enjoy satires on English manners and morals, engage
readers who like a build-up of suspense and delight lovers of the
sensuous world of the Greek islands.' New York Times
When a genius inventor is seduced by a mysterious firm to create a
robot, technology may save him - or be his undoing ... Lose
yourself in this dystopian novel by the bestselling author of The
Alexandria Quartet. 'A superb craftsman and stylist.' New York
Times Felix Charlock is a world-famous inventor. His scientific
genius draws him into the web of a sinister multinational
corporation called Merlin who recruit him for their own ends. When
Felix is married into this wealthy family, 'The Firm' sets him an
impossible project, demanding that he reinvents his former lover as
a living, breathing replica. But creating this perfect robot
facsimile heralds a new era of destruction, threatening not only
Felix's sanity, but his very existence ... Consisting of two novels
- Tunc and its sequel, Numquam - The Revolt of Aphrodite is a
dystopian novel of ideas, rich in mystery and drama, with an epic
global sweep and dazzling cast. Showing literary master Lawrence
Durrell at his most conceptually ambitious, this tale of a modern
Frankenstein will revolutionise the way you view technology
forever. 'Scenes of wild and deliberate fantasy ... [of] peculiar
and disturbing poignancy.' New Statesman 'Such readability ... Few
writers can tell a story better.' Observer
'The most exhilarating surge of language, style and sordid English
manners [in] literature.' DBC Pierre 'A wild, passionate,
brilliantly gaudy and flamboyant extravaganza ... Richly obscene,
energetically morbid, very often very funny ... Above all,
stylistically and verbally inventive.' Observer Death Gregory has
disappeared, abandoning his diaries in a seedy London hotel.
Discovered by Lawrence Lucifer, they depict a clique of
intellectuals living a life of squalid debauchery: struggling
writers and artists consumed by loves, lusts, and a quest for
innovation. But as they satisfy violent appetites of the flesh -
and mind - their descent into darkness accelerates ... Written when
he was only 24, Lawrence Durrell described his controversial third
novel as 'a two-fisted attack on literature by an angry young man
of the thirties' in which he 'first heard the sound of my own
voice.' First published in Paris in 1938, it was banned in Britain
for nearly four decades due to its 'obscenity' (influenced by
Durrell's friend Henry Miller). Vivid, surrealist, and haunting,
The Black Book peers into the recesses of our souls: and
establishes Durrell as a trailblazing stylist. 'Stygian prose ...
Words like stones, throwing, rockerying, mossing, churning,
sharpening, bloodsucking, melting, and a hard firewater flows and
rolls through them.' Dylan Thomas 'Genuine art ... Lavishly
displays Durrell's gift of language ... Verbal brilliance.' New
York Times 'The first piece of work by a new English writer to give
me any hope for the future of prose fiction.' T.S. Eliot 'Durrell's
first major work ... Its showy brilliance is certainly that of a
born writer ... Savage and obscene.'Guardian 'Brilliantly strange
... It will astonish.' Independent on Sunday
Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love
affairs of wartime Egypt: Durrell's epic modern classic, introduced
by Alaa Al Aswany (bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building).
Every interpretation of reality is based upon a unique position ...
As the threat of world war looms over the city of Alexandria, an
exiled Anglo-Irish schoolteacher unravels his erotic obsession with
two women: Melissa, a fragile dancer, and Justine, a glamorous
married Egyptian woman. Through conversations with Balthazar, a
doctor and mystic, these intricate love affairs are cast in an
ominous, sinister new light, as his private fixations become
entangled with a mysterious murder plot ... One of the twentieth
century's greatest masterpieces, rich in political and sexual
intrigue, Lawrence Durrell's 'investigation of modern love' in the
Alexandria Quartet set the world alight. Published in 1958, a year
after the sensational Justine, the kaleidoscopic Balthazar burns
just as brightly today. 'Legendary ... Casts a spell ... A fine
storyteller. Reader, watch out!' Jan Morris, Guardian 'A brave and
brazen work ... Lush and grandiose.' Independent 'One of the very
best novelists of our time ... [such] beauty.' New York Times Book
Review VOLUME TWO OF LAWRENCE DURRELL'S ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island
of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel writing and
real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. 'A magician ...
Durrell enchants.' The Times 'A lovely book ... Makes people feel
happy ... [So] pleasurable.' Observer 'A poet's intoxication with
landscape, a humanist's appetite for history, and an eye for
character worthy of a novelist . He excites a longing to leave for
Rhodes at once.' Sunday Times World War II is finally over, and
after four torturous years serving the Crown in Egypt, Lawerence
Durrell seeks peace in the landscapes he has loved ever since his
youth in Corfu: Mediterranean islands. He is posted to the Greek
island of Rhodes, and from his first dip in the dazzling blue
Aegean - which jolts his soul awake for the first time in years -
he immerses himself in the rhythms and moods of local life,
befriending eccentric villagers and quaffing ouzo as through the
war was a distant dream. With his dazzling poet's eye and passion
for excavating ancient history, Durrell recaptures the mythic
Rhodes of legend, of knights and crusades, that lies beneath its
war-ravaged surface. It is a place that you will never forget. 'Our
last great garlicky master of the vanishing Mediterranean.' Richard
Holmes 'Masterly ... Casts a spell.' Jan Morris 'Incandescent.'
Andre Aciman 'Invades the reader's every sense ... Remarkable.'
Victoria Hislop 'Like long letters from a civilized and very funny
friend - the prose as luminous as the Mediterranean air he loves.'
Time
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Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: a
seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced
by Andre Aciman (Call Me By Your Name and Find Me) Walking slowly
home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour
wind, I remembered Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: 'We
use each other like axes to cut down the ones we really love'.
Alexandria: the great winepress of love. Trams, palm trees, and
watermelon stalls lie honey-bathed in sunlight; in darkened
bedrooms, sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world trembling on the
brink of war, passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless
Anglo-Irish schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married
Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour - their partners, Melissa and
Nessim, are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One
of the twentieth century's greatest romances, rich in political and
sexual intrigue, Lawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of
modern love' set the world alight in 1957 and - as Andre Aciman
reveals - it burns just as brightly today. 'A masterpiece.'
Guardian 'One of the great works of English fiction.' Times
'Dazzlingly exuberant ... Reckless ... Superb.' Observer 'Brave and
brazen ... Lush and grandiose.' Independent 'Legendary ... Casts a
spell ... Reader, watch out!' Guardian 'Lushly beautiful ... One of
the most important works of our time.' NYTBR 'Triumphant [in its]
beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence . . . ' Spectator
In this new selection from the poetry of Lawrence Durrell (the
first for thirty years), Peter Porter has drawn on the full range
of the published work, from A Private Country (1943) to Vega
(1973), and has provided a long overdue revaluation of Durrell's
poetic career. In his detailed and generous introduction, Porter
makes the case for A Private Country as one of the most
accomplished debut collections of the twentieth century, and traces
Durrell's preoccupations and poetic personality within the wider
scene. The selection of poems makes its own strong case for the
continuing power and originality of this attractive, metropolitan
and wholly individual body of work.
In 1935, Lawrence Durrell, a young Englishman living on Corfu,
wrote enthusiastically to a middle-aged Brooklynite - Henry Miller
- of his just published novel Tropic of Cancer. Miller felt that he
had found his ideal reader and responded, thus beginning a
correspondence that lasted 45 years.
In 1958, when Henry Miller was elected to membership in the
American Institute of Arts and Letters, the citation described him
as: "The veteran author of many books whose originality and
richness of technique are matched by the variety and daring of his
subject matter. His boldness of approach and intense curiosity
concerning man and nature are unequalled in the prose literature of
our times." It is most fitting that this anthology of "the best" of
Henry Miller should have been assembled by one of the first among
Miller's contemporaries to recognize his genius, the eminent
British writer Lawrence Durrell. Drawing material from a dozen
different books Durrell has traced the main line and principal
themes of the "single, endless autobiography" which is Henry
Miller's life work. "I suspect," writes Durrell in his
Introduction, "that Miller's final place will be among those
towering anomalies of authorship like Whitman or Blake who have
left us, not simply works of art, but a corpus of ideas which
motivate and influence a whole cultural pattern." Earlier, H. L.
Mencken had said, "his is one of the most beautiful prose styles
today," and the late Sir Herbert Read had written that "what makes
Miller distinctive among modern writers is his ability to combine,
without confusion, the aesthetic and prophetic functions." Included
are stories, "portraits" of persons and places, philosophical
essays, and aphorisms. For each selection Miller himself prepared a
brief commentary which fits the piece into its place in his life
story. This framework is supplemented by a chronology from Miller's
birth in 1891 up to the spring of 1959, a bibliography, and, as an
appendix, an open letter to the Supreme Court of Norway written in
protest of the ban on Sexus, a part of which appears in this
volume.
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The Avignon Quintet began is the definitive legacy of Lawrence
Durrell. Each of the novels that compose it (Monsieur, Livia,
Constance, Sebastian and Quinx) can be read independently, but the
five together offers the last stage of what the author defined as
his heraldic universe, based on symbolism Buddhist of the five
elements that make up the personality of the human being.Â
Set in the period between the Nazi invasion of Poland and the
Allied landing in Normandy, in this novel Durrell proposes an
amazing narrative adventure that leads us to rediscover the group
of young people who spent a momentous summer in the castle of
Verfeuille de Monsieur, in Avignon, starring Monsieur or The Prince
of Darkness and Livia or buried alive. While Constance is working
for the Red Cross as a psychiatrist in Geneva, her husband Sam in
the desert in Egypt and her sister Livia works for the Nazis, the
encounter with the Egyptian Affad will lead to Constance launching
into an absorbing relationship in the that eroticism and philosophy
find a strange meeting point.
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