Justine, Lawrence Durrell
Justine, Lawrence Durrell
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Justine

Author: Lawrence Durrell

Narrator: Nigel Anthony

Abridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 04/01/2000


Synopsis

Justine is the first volume in The Alexandria Quartet, four interlinked novels set in the sensuous, hot environment of Alexandria just before the Second World War. Within this polyglot setting of richly idiosyncratic characters is Justine, wild and intense, wife to the wealthy business man Nessim, a mari complaisant. Her emotional and sexual wildness fuels a highly-charged atmosphere which, caught famously by Durrell’s poetic language, made Justine (1957), and the three novels that complete the Quartet – Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960) both a critical and a popular success.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on November 13, 2017

I woke too soon. Unfortunately, I think that’s the problem with this one. I feel like someone getting surgery who has gotten an insufficient dose of anesthesia, or someone who opens her eyes wide in the midst of a hypnotist act. I really wasn’t looking to make you look bad, and quite frankly I’d pre......more

Goodreads review by Ian on May 10, 2015

For Once Four Was Too Few for a Quartet I decided to re-read "Justine" after something like 30 years before starting the subsequent books of "The Alexandria Quartet" for the first time. As much as I enjoyed the novel, I suspect that it will acquire even greater meaning and resonance once I've fini......more

Goodreads review by merixien on January 06, 2022

Kesinlikle kolay bir okuma değil, bazı noktalarda bir kaç sayfa geriye döndüğüm hangi zamanda olduğumuzu kaçırdığım dahi oldu açıkcası. Ancak o kadar güzel bir anlatısı var ki, kendinizi İskenderiye’de kaybolmuş gibi hissediyorsunuz. Uzun zamandır kendi içine bu kadar çeken ve anlattığı toprakları b......more

Goodreads review by Eylül on January 03, 2022

Vay anasını, vay anasını. En baştan söyleyeyim: hayatta en sevdiğim kitapların arasına ihtişamlı bir girişle dalıverdin Justine, hoş geldin. Ne diyeceğimi pek de bilemiyorum – biraz çarpılmış gibiyim. Bu bir kitap değil, bir şarkı resmen: Uzun zamandır okuduğum en müzikli şey. Dantel gibi işlenmiş,......more