EAN: 9780571356065

JUSTINE - LAWRENCE DURRELL TASCHENBUCH

Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: a seductive tale of four tangled
lovers in wartime Egypt  introduced by André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name and Find Me). Walking
slowly home through the dark avenue of trees  tasting the brackish harbour wind  I remembered
Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: 'We use each other like axes to cut down the ones we
really love'. Alexandria: the great winepress of love. Trams  palm trees  and watermelon stalls
lie honey-bathed in sunlight  in darkened bedrooms  sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world
trembling on the brink of war  passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless Anglo-Irish
schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour -
their partners  Melissa and Nessim  are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One
of the twentieth century's greatest romances  rich in political and sexual intrigue  Lawrence
Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of modern love' set the world alight in 1957 and - as André
Aciman reveals - it burns just as brightly today. 'A masterpiece.' Guardian 'One of the great
works of English fiction.' Times 'Triumphant [in its] beauty  cruelty  menace  mystery 
decadence ... ' Spectator

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