The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea

Name: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea
Price: 59.99 USD
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Rating: 4.2 (375 reviews)
Author: Durrell, Lawrence

by Durrell, Lawrence

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

4.2 (375)

4.2 stars from 375 reviews

1126 pages~18.8 hr readPublished by Open Road Media

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You appreciate dense, literary prose that rewards rereading and you're willing to sit with ambiguity about what actually happened.
You're drawn to character studies that explore how memory shapes truth, and you don't need a straightforward plot to stay engaged.
You love historical settings and want fiction that captures a specific time and place through sensory detail rather than exposition.

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You prefer clear narratives with reliable narrators and want to know definitively what happened in the story.
You find modernist literary techniques frustrating or you lose patience with books that require you to track multiple overlapping versions of events.
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About this book

The Alexandria Quartet is a four-part work set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the years before, during, and after World War II. It follows a circle of friends and lovers—including Darley, Justine, Balthazar, and Clea—through stories of passion and betrayal in the Mediterranean city. Written in Durrell's evocative prose, the four novels explore the theme of modern love. The work was voted one of the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. This ebook edition includes a new introduction by Jan Morris.

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