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The Alexandria Quartet

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July 2012 Guest Editor Barbara Erskine on The Alexandria Quartet...

Laurence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet first introduced me to  a literary concept of Egypt but also to the  intricate and  fascinating psychology of exploring  lives within a  tight social group from several  points of view. I found this quite an intense, complex read but it has continued to haunt me. Like Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast  it was about a writer and that was what intrigued me.

 

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L.G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that the author himself described as 'an investigation of modern love'.

 

August 2011 Guest Editor Deborah Lawrenson on Laurence Durrell...

Lawrence Durrell wrote some of the most sensuous and atmospheric prose of the twentieth century. The Alexandria Quartet  is both sweeping and experimental. For me, his loveliest books are the island memoirs, especially Prospero’s Cell which recalls his years living in Corfu in the 1930s. Evocative, lyrical and more achingly beautiful the more you learn about the man.

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