Author: Lawrence Durrell Year: 1957 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic, Fiction Culture: Egypt
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ISBNs: 9780571337187 9780140153194 057133718X 0140153195 |
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The time is the eve of the Second World War. The place is Alexandria, an Egyptian city that once housed the world's greatest library and whose inhabitants are still dedicated to knowledge. But for the obsessed and purblind characters in this mesmerizing first novel of the Alexandria Quartet, the pursuit of knowledge leads to no library, only to the bedrooms in which each seeks to know - and possess - the other. Since its publication in 1957, "Justine" has inspired an almost religious devotion among readers and critics. It is not so much a book as it is a self-contained universe, constructed by one of the most elegant and formidably intelligent minds in contemporary fiction.
This book is part of the "Alexandria Quartet" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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