The Alexandria Quartet
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: Lawrence Durrell
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Folio Society, 2008
Condition:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Alexandria Quartet—comprising Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea—stands as Lawrence Durrell’s masterwork: a richly woven tapestry of desire, memory and political intrigue set against the sensuous backdrop of 1930s–40s Alexandria. Published in this elegant Folio Society edition in London, 2009, the four novels explore a single sequence of events and relationships through shifting points of view, each volume deepening and refracting our understanding of the central love affair between the elusive Justine and her devoted suitor, Darley. Durrell’s prose soars with vivid evocations of the Mediterranean light, the city’s multicultural mosaic and the labyrinthine interplay of colonial politics, all while probing the nature of time and truth. As each narrator—first the young, passionate Darley, then the candid Balthazar, the reserved spy Mountolive and finally the matured Darley in Clea—revisits those shared experiences, the Quartet becomes not just a story of love and betrayal, but a philosophical meditation on art’s power to rescue moments from oblivion. This Folio Society volume, with its sumptuous binding and carefully reproduced illustrations, invites readers to lose themselves once more in Durrell’s beloved Alexandria, where every return uncovers fresh revelations hidden within the tangled streets and hearts of its inhabitants.
Author: Lawrence Durrell
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Folio Society, 2008
Condition:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Alexandria Quartet—comprising Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea—stands as Lawrence Durrell’s masterwork: a richly woven tapestry of desire, memory and political intrigue set against the sensuous backdrop of 1930s–40s Alexandria. Published in this elegant Folio Society edition in London, 2009, the four novels explore a single sequence of events and relationships through shifting points of view, each volume deepening and refracting our understanding of the central love affair between the elusive Justine and her devoted suitor, Darley. Durrell’s prose soars with vivid evocations of the Mediterranean light, the city’s multicultural mosaic and the labyrinthine interplay of colonial politics, all while probing the nature of time and truth. As each narrator—first the young, passionate Darley, then the candid Balthazar, the reserved spy Mountolive and finally the matured Darley in Clea—revisits those shared experiences, the Quartet becomes not just a story of love and betrayal, but a philosophical meditation on art’s power to rescue moments from oblivion. This Folio Society volume, with its sumptuous binding and carefully reproduced illustrations, invites readers to lose themselves once more in Durrell’s beloved Alexandria, where every return uncovers fresh revelations hidden within the tangled streets and hearts of its inhabitants.