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Navel Gazers United

Justine by Lawrence Durrell

January 16, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Justine follows the various intermingled lives and love affairs of a group of artistic people in Alexandria, where it sometimes seems the city is playing itself out in their daily struggles. This is a bit of a difficult book to write a review of, because frankly not much happens. The narrator is in a relationship with one woman but becomes bound in a passionate affair with another, complicated by the fact that he is friends with her husband, and the fact that this woman Justine […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, Africa, classics, egypt, historical, lawrence durrell, literary fiction

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, Africa, classics, egypt, historical, lawrence durrell, literary fiction ·
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Lawrence Durrell (1-2)

Justine by Lawrence Durrell

Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell

March 30, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Justine “The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind.” This is a reread of the first book in Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet. I read these a few years ago, and well, I suppose I am reading them again. The books are odd in the sense that while they are companion pieces to one another, they are neither exactly sequels nor comprise a series. Instead, they are like different paintings, ostensibly portraying the same scene, but with different light and a slightly […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: lawrence durrell

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:199 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: lawrence durrell ·
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There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.

November 19, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

It’s kind of hard to explain the experience of reading these books. As I write this statement, I’ve read the first two, and it’s entirely possible that further reading will change based on how each book presents the story. But for the first two books, the experience is fractured. For one thing, it’s fractured because the narrative perspective is rather subjective and impressionistic in their methods. That’s not to say they’re like reading Ulysses, though a little, but more so the experience is connected directly […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: balthazar, clea, justine, lawrence durrell, mountolive, the alexandria quartet

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:402 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: balthazar, clea, justine, lawrence durrell, mountolive, the alexandria quartet ·
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Recent Comments

  • Tracy
    on Early Fantasy: Long Stories in Which Not Much Happens
    That almost sounds "so bad it's good," and I might need to check it out.
  • louise
    on High expectations led to disappointment
    I totally agree with what you wrote. I already read this book and found it extremely complicated to understand the...
  • Ashlea
    on This standalone fantasy goes incredibly hard.
    Just finished this amazing story. Eyes are still damp. I had it queued on my Libby app for several weeks...
  • finnyfinfinn
    on Les Amis Des Chats
    It did seem to come a little bit out of nowhere fast but I enjoyed everything else so much I...
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    on Les Amis Des Chats
    It's very sweet!
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