Alexandria quartet
Author
1) Justine
Author
Series
Alexandria quartet volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story of the modern Egyptian city of Alexandria, in which an Irish schoolmaster, a passionate, tormented Jewess, a Greek cabaret dancer, and a Coptic financier play out their destinies amid decadent surroundings symbolic of an erotic world.
2) Balthazar
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Once again Durrell writes of Justine, Melissa, Clea, Nessim, Pursewarden, Scobie, Pombal-but from a fresh point of view. THe new insights are provided by the psychiatrist, Balthazar, who convinces the narrator that the first volume of the story was almost wholly inaccurate. So this second volume is a correction and an expansion of the first.
Author
Series
Alexandria quartet volume 3
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
1959 [©1958]
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
British Ambassador David Mountolive enters the intrigues of the interwoven community of characters.
Author
Series
Alexandria quartet volume 4
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
1960
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Darley returns to a war-fevered Alexandria as the stories of the many characters move toward conclusion.