by Lawrence Durrell
I made it to part 2...and did not finish it. Too pretentious and the way the women were characterized was deplorable. No thank you. SO disappointed.
Dedication: To EVE these memorials of her native cityOpening: The sea is high today, with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring.Beautiful writing going on here. P.21 phthsic definition: 1. Variant of phthisis.2. Archaic Any illness of the lungs or th...
Concise Summary:The book is difficult. Words such as immoral sophistry and highbrow drivel come to mind. The last part induced me to raise the rating from one to two stars. In this part Lawrence Durrell switches from excessive philosophizing to a resolution to the "characters" egotistical behavior. ...
I will need to reread this again, perhaps, if I am smart, after I finish the fourth volume...
Durell's _Justine_ is well written, and I like his central conceit of a portrait of a person as the portrait of the landscape. The narrator looks back on his relationship with Justine and the people in her orbit, jumping around chronologically. It reminds me of a cubist portrait, all happening at on...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/456389888The full review of the entire Quartet can be found above.
What an incredible book. Just soaked, saturated, full-up with beauty and heartbreak and life.Full review (and its a long one) here: http://wp.me/sGVzJ-justine
This book contains my absolute favourite literary quote of all time: "Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged." Justine (the title character) says this around the middle of the book in a moment of despair. At the time I read it (around 1991 or ...
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