Mountolive, Lawrence Durrell
Mountolive, Lawrence Durrell
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Mountolive

Author: Lawrence Durrell

Narrator: Nigel Anthony

Abridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 08/01/2000


Synopsis

‘With the open sesame of language ready to hand, he suddenly began to find himself really penetrating a foreign country’ In Mountolive the third volume in Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, the events surrounding the interwoven community of Nessim, Justine, Narouz, Pursewarden and the other major characters are given a very different perspective. The intrigues and complex relationships are seen through the political prism of a world plunging towards war. David Mountolive, once emotionally involved with Nessim’s set, now returns to Egypt as the British ambassador…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian on May 02, 2015

Past Diplomacy When I was in secondary school, one of Gerald Durrell's books was all the rage. It might even have been on the syllabus. Looking through his bibliography, the only one I can think it might have been is "Beasts in My Belfry". It wasn't particularly demanding, so my English master (who w......more

Goodreads review by Brodolomi on September 25, 2024

Prva dva dela "Aleksandrijskog kvarteta" odgovaraju na pitanje kako se voli u Aleksandriji – a voli se ulepljeno i zaslađeno kao baklava, pojedena iz svog i tuđeg tanjira sumnjivog lokala, na mekanim jastucima, da bi na kraju saznao da nisi pojeo baklavu, već tulumbu. Treći deo ponovo menja perspekt......more

Goodreads review by Eylül on January 10, 2022

Mountolive, şu ana dek dörtlemenin en az sevdiğim kitabı oldu ama bu sevmediğim anlamına gelmiyor; sadece diğerlerine aşırı bayıldığım için böyle diyorum. İlk iki kitaba göre daha olay odaklı bir kitap, cevapsız soruları yanıtlaması ve olay örgüsündeki boşlukları doldurması açısından çok iyiydi. Yin......more