'I have been thinking about the girl I met last night in the mirror: dark on the marble-ivory white: glossy black hair: deep suspiring eyes in which one's glances sink because they are nervous, curious, turned to sexual curiosity.' The tragic story of the mysterious and fascinating Justine, and those whose lives she touched in pre-war Alexandria, is told by her lover, an impoverished Irish teacher who has sought refuge across the Mediterranean in Greece. It is undoubtedly a love-story, but the real heroine of the book is its setting: Alexandria, the city 'which decrees that its women shall be the voluptuaries not of pleasure but of pain'.
El Cuarteto de Alejandría Serie
Este cuarteto teje magistralmente intrincadas relaciones, amor y pérdida en el exótico escenario de Alejandría antes y durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Cada volumen ofrece una perspectiva distinta sobre sus personajes centrales, revelando las profundidades de sus deseos y conflictos. Las narrativas profundizan en la naturaleza de la memoria, la ilusión y la realidad, desdibujando las líneas entre la ficción y la verdad.
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Balthazar
- 308 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
"Balthazar" ofrece una nueva perspectiva de los eventos del "Cuarteto de Alejandría", enfocándose en la historia de Justine y el suicidio de Pursewarden. Aunque relata la misma trama que "Justine", su estilo narrativo y el diálogo entre cartas aportan mayor dramatismo y misterio. Esta edición incluye fragmentos restaurados por el autor.
La llegada de un diplomático inglés y la conspiración de Justine y Nessim Hosnani destacan temas de poder político y sus intrigas, mientras la rica galería de personajes de Durrel enriquece la narrativa.
The magnificent final volume of one of the most widely acclaimed fictional masterpieces of the postwar era. Few books have been awaited as eagerly as Clea, the sensuous and electrically suspenseful novel that resolves the enigmas of the Alexandria Quartet. Some years and one world war was after his bizarre liaisons with Melissa and Justine, the Irish émigré Darley becomes enmeshed with the bisexual artist Clea. That affair not only changes the lovers, it transforms the dead as well, revealing new layers of duplicity and desire, perversity and pathos in Lawrence Durrell’s masterly construction. “A massive, marvelously concrete, deeply felt statement of faith. . . . His style glows with the mineral deposits of many cultures. One of the most important works of our time has come to an end.”—The New York Times Book Review “Clea rounds out the tetralogy with grace, beauty, and stunning impact. . . . This rich, exciting fare is Durrell’s finest writing style, a manner of writing few living authors can equal. . . . A magnificent achievement.”—The Detriot News “The reader is carried along on a current of superbly accomplished prose, as flexible and colorful as that of any contemporary writer. . . . What Durrell has given us is well worth having.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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The Alexandria Quartet
- 884 páginas
- 31 horas de lectura
Lawrence Durrell's series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The lush and sensuous series consists of Justine(1957) Balthazar(1958) Mountolive(1958) Clea(1960). Justine, Balthazar and Mountolive use varied viewpoints to relate a series of events in Alexandria before World War II. In Clea, the story continues into the years during the war. One L.G. Darley is the primary observer of the events, which include events in the lives of those he loves and those he knows. In Justine, Darley attempts to recover from and put into perspective his recently ended affair with a woman. Balthazar reinterprets the romantic perspective he placed on the affair and its aftermath in Justine, in more philosophical and intellectual terms. Mountolive tells a story minus interpretation, and Clea reveals Darley's healing, and coming to love another woman.