El quartet d’Alexandria
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El quartet d’Alexandria és l’obra mestra i més admirada de Lawrence Durrell。 El món sensual i corromput de l’Alexandria dels anys trenta i durant la Segona Guerra Mundial es desplega en quatre novel·les centrades cadascuna en un personatge —Justine， Bathazar， Mountolive i Clea— que projecten interpretacions diferents sobre uns mateixos fets i desafien l’habitual progressió de la novel·la convencional。 A l’obertura de Justine， el gris L。 G。 Darley intenta assumir el final traumàtic de la seva relació amb la glamurosa i enigmàtica Justine Hosnani i inicia així l’exploració d’una intriga sexual i política que es va revelant a poc a poc i que les tres novel·les següents matisen o contradiuen。 Amb una prosa de bellesa incontestable， ara traslladada al català per Lluís-Anton Baulenas， Durrell adreça la seva mirada sobre un univers fascinant on bateguen amb contundència les pulsions del sexe， la vida i la mort i que ell mateix va descriure com «una investigació sobre l’amor modern»。
Reviews
Arthur J Bessette
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The Alexandria Quartet is a unique "coming of age" novel。 The author noticeably improves his writing skills while writing。 The style is extravagant in vocabulary and volume of words even pretentious。 The excess of his period is effectively expressed。I found insight to the temperament of of Alexandria before and duringWWII。Class structure and women in their place were presented and not subtally。Human values of Art， Sex， Status， and Money， in that order are the meaning of life。I thoroughly enjoyed The Alexandria Quartet is a unique "coming of age" novel。 The author noticeably improves his writing skills while writing。 The style is extravagant in vocabulary and volume of words even pretentious。 The excess of his period is effectively expressed。I found insight to the temperament of of Alexandria before and duringWWII。Class structure and women in their place were presented and not subtally。Human values of Art， Sex， Status， and Money， in that order are the meaning of life。I thoroughly enjoyed this series and recommend it。 。。。more
Jorge Ministral
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Gran escritor y gran libro el compuesto de las cuatro novelas， que proporcionan una visión cubista de la historia， de la ciudad de Alejandría y del tiempo en que se desarrolla。Con un estilo poético cuando se refiere a Alejandría， sutil cuando describe a las personas y profundo cuando analiza su psicología， va componiendo las vidas y los amores de los personajes principales （Darley， Justine， Melissa， Nessim， Balthazar， Mountolive， Clea， etc。） desde los años previos hasta el fin de la segunda guer Gran escritor y gran libro el compuesto de las cuatro novelas， que proporcionan una visión cubista de la historia， de la ciudad de Alejandría y del tiempo en que se desarrolla。Con un estilo poético cuando se refiere a Alejandría， sutil cuando describe a las personas y profundo cuando analiza su psicología， va componiendo las vidas y los amores de los personajes principales （Darley， Justine， Melissa， Nessim， Balthazar， Mountolive， Clea， etc。） desde los años previos hasta el fin de la segunda guerra mundial con gran maestría y siempre bajo la influencia poderosa de la ciudad de Alejandría。Mención aparte merece el personaje de Pursewarden， alter ego del autor， a quien utiliza para expresar sus opiniones filosóficas， artísticas y sobre el amor。Durrell es un gran conocedor de la psicología femenina y masculina y combina con gran habilidad los distintos planos en que se desarrollan sus relaciones amorosas， políticas y de interés， el placer， las mentiras y las traiciones。Son magníficas las descripciones de las particularidades de la cultura egipcia， de la sociedad copta y sus ritos funerarios， de las fiestas populares de Sitna Maryan， del carnaval， de la pesca nocturna， del Mulid de El Scob， etc。， etc。Los libros están salpicados de frases excelentes:- Justine: "。。。 Esa intimidad no debe ir más lejos， pues hemos logrado ya todas sus posibilidades en la imaginación y lo que terminaremos por descubrir， más allá de los sombríos colores de la sensualidad， es una amistad tan profunda que seremos esclavos uno del otro para siempre"- " 。。。 Cada uno de nosotros， como la luna， tenía un lado oscuro， podía volver la cara mentirosa del <> a la persona que más amaba y más la necesitaba。 Y así como Justine se servía de mi amor， Nessim se servía del de Melissa … Unos subiéndose sobre las espaldas de los otros， arrastrándose <> "- "Los acontecimientos distantes， transformados por el recuerdo， adquieren un brillo pulido porque se los ve aislados， desvinculados de todos los detalles anteriores y siguientes， de las fibras y envolturas del tiempo。 También los protagonistas de esos hechos sufren una metamorfosis， se van hundiendo lentamente y cada vez más en el océano de la memoria， como cuerpos pesados， y en cada nivel del descenso， el corazón de los hombres les da un valor y un sentido distintos。"Dice Durrell: << ¿El objeto de mis novelas？ Interrogar los valores humanos por medio de una representación honrada de las pasiones。 Fin digno de encomio， objetivo inalcanzable quizá。 >> Mi opinión es que lo alcanza plenamente。 Me sorprendió que en la biblioteca de donde saqué los libros estuvieran clasificados como "novela erótica"。 Para nada， al menos con la perspectiva actual。 Quizás sí a los ojos de una visión franquista y censora de los años cincuenta en que se publicaron los libros en España。 。。。more
Mohammad Aboomar
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A city is where one creates memories bound to a place and a time。 A city changes just like the people who live there， or rather changes with them。 These 4 novels all take place in a city called Alexandria， but it's a city I don't recognize。 The city in the novels is the city of expats in a time when expats had much different standing in Egypt。 It's a city that is more free and more diverse。 It is also a city where Egyptians play secondary or supporting roles to the foreigners。I can't say I was t A city is where one creates memories bound to a place and a time。 A city changes just like the people who live there， or rather changes with them。 These 4 novels all take place in a city called Alexandria， but it's a city I don't recognize。 The city in the novels is the city of expats in a time when expats had much different standing in Egypt。 It's a city that is more free and more diverse。 It is also a city where Egyptians play secondary or supporting roles to the foreigners。I can't say I was thrilled by the novels。 After all， it took me more than 2 years to finish them。 Still， there was a lot to savor in these long pages of fine print。 The first and last （named after 2 of the narrator's lovers， Justine and Clea） were of an autobiographical inclination。 The 2 in the middle felt more or less like fillers or literary experiments attempting to expand on the world of the author's Alexandria。The first novel didn't start with the coming of the narrator to a new city， but the last one ended with his final departure never to return。 In the end I can tell that the narrator （or maybe the author） got tired of the city he loved sometimes and hated sometimes。 Many characters were there from the beginning to the end。 Many others appeared in passing （Melissa's child） and didn't leave much of a trace。 There were murders， accidents， tragedy， traumas， all that jazz。 These events felt forced sometimes， but as a reader I accepted them as part of that imaginary world about the author's Alexandria。After more than 2 years it's time to say goodbye to the Alexandria of foreigners， the author's Alexandria that may or may not have existed。 。。。more
Rhona Arthur
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A lengthy and fulsome read， each page packed full。 The work of literary genius， but perhaps， I would， of it’s time。 I can’t imagine I would have got much from this as a younger reader， it took the life experience to get my head round it。
Jason Whittle
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This was my favourite book as a 17 year old。 My affinity for someone obsessed by and awkward with the fairer sex， and ruminating noisily through adolescence may explain my enthusiasm。 Returning to it more than 30 years later the author appears somewhat pathetic and self obsessed。 The beauty of the prose can not be denied， but Durrell really is wrapped up in obsessing over other men’s wives and pretending a coffee in Cairo is a major emotional and spiritual event。 The books leave me somewhat emba This was my favourite book as a 17 year old。 My affinity for someone obsessed by and awkward with the fairer sex， and ruminating noisily through adolescence may explain my enthusiasm。 Returning to it more than 30 years later the author appears somewhat pathetic and self obsessed。 The beauty of the prose can not be denied， but Durrell really is wrapped up in obsessing over other men’s wives and pretending a coffee in Cairo is a major emotional and spiritual event。 The books leave me somewhat embarrassed， such a waste of a literary genius with the emotional age of。。。。。。。。。。17。 。。。more
Benjamin
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A fascinating collection of novels set in 1930s/1940s Alexandria。 Novels 2-3 are less of a sequel to novel 1， but rather make the reader reassess its characters and events。 Novel 4 brings this evocation of a specific time and place in history to its conclusion。
Michael Goldsmith
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A reading experience unlike any other I've hand。 I enjoyed the first two volumes most， but the entire structure - it's atmosphere， prose and characters， is strange， wonderful and unique。 Each volume tells a series of interlocking stories from different perspectives， in an attempt to capture the relativity and imprecisness of human relations， as well as to create an intriguing fantasy Alexandria losts in the mists of memory。 Durrell's writing is dense， allusive and heavily metaphorical， though th A reading experience unlike any other I've hand。 I enjoyed the first two volumes most， but the entire structure - it's atmosphere， prose and characters， is strange， wonderful and unique。 Each volume tells a series of interlocking stories from different perspectives， in an attempt to capture the relativity and imprecisness of human relations， as well as to create an intriguing fantasy Alexandria losts in the mists of memory。 Durrell's writing is dense， allusive and heavily metaphorical， though this is in fact the style of the narrator， as the third volume as a more straightforward third person narrative。 Reading this is a difficult to describe experience， but utterly worthwhile。 。。。more
Agostinho
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Magnífico romance。Vontade de conhecer Alexandria e sentir， tal como na minha Lisboa，a combinação perfeita de luzes e cheiros， de Sonho e Fantasia na sua multicoloridade de Povos e Religiões
Geo C Kaplan
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great！ONE OF THE FINEST BOOKS THAT I HAVE EVER READ。 SUPERB WRITING AND A GREAT NARRATIVE TOLD IN A MOST INTERESTING AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER。 A MUST READ！
Χλωμό Πρόσωπο
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Ιδιοφυές！
Patrycja
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Good piece of literature。 Only the ending seemed a little bit rushed in Clea。Also I did not really agree with underlying assumptions about freedom of choice。 Apart from that， a really vivid description of Alexandria culture and environment。
Sheri Hopsy
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Second attempt。 A very clever beautifully written work and I wonder was it one of the first books to look at the same incident in such a way from multiple perspectives。 Probably not。 Ted would know。 In this was I was reminded of Seven Types of Ambiguity by Perlman。 But。。。。 oh yes BUT， I don’t like the vacuous characters， not for 800 pages。 The scenes are amazing speaking of place so changed and often violently debauched， the lines from the Marques des Sade mesmerising but all that energy into in Second attempt。 A very clever beautifully written work and I wonder was it one of the first books to look at the same incident in such a way from multiple perspectives。 Probably not。 Ted would know。 In this was I was reminded of Seven Types of Ambiguity by Perlman。 But。。。。 oh yes BUT， I don’t like the vacuous characters， not for 800 pages。 The scenes are amazing speaking of place so changed and often violently debauched， the lines from the Marques des Sade mesmerising but all that energy into infatuation， desire and hot air when other things could be achieved。。。。。 。。。more
Jen S
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A masterpiece！。。loved it
Liam Guilar
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There is so much to dislike about these books。They are overwritten。 From the vocabulary which seems to have been needlessly dredged up from the dustiest reaches of a forgotten thesaurus to the set piece descriptions where nothing is on offer except the spectacle of a writer showing off。 The self centred， self important and slightly repulsive characters endlessly analyse themselves and others in 'conversations'， nagging at the meaning of love and life and art， at the nature of 'women' and 'men'， There is so much to dislike about these books。They are overwritten。 From the vocabulary which seems to have been needlessly dredged up from the dustiest reaches of a forgotten thesaurus to the set piece descriptions where nothing is on offer except the spectacle of a writer showing off。 The self centred， self important and slightly repulsive characters endlessly analyse themselves and others in 'conversations'， nagging at the meaning of love and life and art， at the nature of 'women' and 'men'， in page long monologues of sententious， portentous verbiage。There's also the spectacle of the writerly fantasy in which a man with no apparent qualities finds himself with a string of beautiful， passionate and mysterious women who almost literally throw themselves at him。 After 'Justine' and 'Balthazar'， the magic trick has been performed; there are many different ways of interpreting an action， or an event or personality。 For the remaining two books in the Quartet you wait， watching the magician repeating the same trick， wondering if the finale will be different。 How many possible reasons can there for Pursewarden's suicide？ Does it matter？ And why do his friends keep quoting his words as though they were memorable aphorisms when they obviously aren't？Ironically， all these faults are the books' strengths。 As a production the Quartet is compulsive reading， and at times Durrell's reaching for 'style' achieves impressive passages。And while the characters and their interactions are unrealistic， they don't have to be， even if one could agree on what 'realistic' is。 Nor does a story have to have a thumping plot line that marches towards a tidy conclusion， nor does a writer have to justify the inclusion of every event and speech and description。 Durrell wrote a fascinating book， and sometimes there's a distinct feeling that he's thumbing his nose at the reader's expectations of what a novel is and should be。 In the book the characters often go for a ride， in a wide range of vehicles。 Driving， being driven， sailing。 Perhaps the best way to think of the Quartet is that the reader is being taken for ride in so many different ways。 The only thing to do is settle in and enjoy the journey。 On to Avignon。。。 。。。more
Mckochan
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Fantastic。
Brittany
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what happens when Europeans go to Egypt。 a brilliant realization of passion， intrigue， friendship， espionage， comedy and pathos， in some of the most seductive prose in modern fiction
Marijana➹
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Aleksandrijski kvartet ne bih ubrojala u najbolje knjige koje sam pročitala （pre svega zato što mi je nedostajala ona žica koja bi me krajnje subjektivno povezala sa delom）， ali definitivno nikad nisam čitala ovako nešto i zato dajem najvišu ocenu。 Ipak sam se mesec dana družila sa likovima i bilo je nemoguće da se ne vežem za njih。 Da li je moglo da bude kraće i sa manje grandioznih pasusa i opisa？ Apsolutno， ali to onda ne bi bilo ovakvo delo kakvo jeste。Kvartet je kompleksno， sveobuhvatno del Aleksandrijski kvartet ne bih ubrojala u najbolje knjige koje sam pročitala （pre svega zato što mi je nedostajala ona žica koja bi me krajnje subjektivno povezala sa delom）， ali definitivno nikad nisam čitala ovako nešto i zato dajem najvišu ocenu。 Ipak sam se mesec dana družila sa likovima i bilo je nemoguće da se ne vežem za njih。 Da li je moglo da bude kraće i sa manje grandioznih pasusa i opisa？ Apsolutno， ali to onda ne bi bilo ovakvo delo kakvo jeste。Kvartet je kompleksno， sveobuhvatno delo， mistično， poetično， filozofsko， veoma psihološko。 Mislim da je pametan potez izdavača da spoji sve u jednu knjigu。 Na početku sam se mučila sa Justinom i nju sam najduže čitala， ali sa Baltazarom sam krenula da gutam （koliko je to moguće uraditi sa Darelovim slojevitim stilom， beskonačnim opisima i tumačenjima） i mislim da mi je druga knjiga najbolja。 Fenomenalan mi je bio momenat kada se naš nepouzdani narator iz Justine u Baltazaru suočava sa činjenicama koje su mu bile nepoznate i koje su bacile novo svetlo na likove i radnju。 U Mauntolivu， koji je bio malo više politički， čitalac saznaje dodatne konspiracije iza kulise。 I na kraju Klea （moj omiljeni lik）， završnica koja je na momente poput bezbrižnog leta， a na momente teška kao sparno popodne。Lorens Darel na neverovatan način pristupa istini i njenoj krhkosti， svim senkama ljudskih bića， najnižim i najvišim porivima。 Pre svega pristupa ljubavi iz svih uglova – strast， seks， zaljubljenost， idealizovanje， šta je to što nas privlači kod suprotnog ili istog pola， gde je granica našeg učitavanja， volimo li osobu ili sopstvenu ideju o njoj。。。 Kod njega ima dosta dekadencije， hirovitosti， ali i transformacije， iskupljenja。 On piše o životu jednog grada koji je život svih njegovih likova i to jako opipljivo; oseća se autobiografsko。 Neko reče da je u ovom slučaju delo veće od svojih tema i slažem se sa tim。Zbog važnosti topografskog， na momente sam se osećala kao da sam ponovo na Krfu， valjda i zbog te povezanosti porodice Darel sa tim ostrvom， a možda zato što je meni to mesto drago kao naratoru Aleksandrija i zato što tamo mogu da zamislim sebe uvek （vraćanje Krfu je poput nekog večnog vraćanja sebi）。 I za kraj jedna primedba svim izdavačima engleskog jezika -dokle će da pretpostavljaju da svi znamo francuski i da nam ne treba prevod random umetnutih rečenica na tom jeziku？ Postoje romani sa kliše izrazima i jednostavnim rečenicama koje mogu da razumem zahvaljujući poznavanju ostalih romanskih jezika， ali postoji i Aleksandrijski kvartet u kome je sve kompleksno， pa tako i francuski jezik。 。。。more
Japhy Ryder
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This is one of the world's greatest writing experiences。 Led me to go live in the Middle East for myself。 Beware: will almost certainly lead you to fall in love with the homo-erotic historical poetry of C。P。 Cavafy。 This is one of the world's greatest writing experiences。 Led me to go live in the Middle East for myself。 Beware: will almost certainly lead you to fall in love with the homo-erotic historical poetry of C。P。 Cavafy。 。。。more
Jovana
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Abandoning you。 I'm sorry。 Abandoning you。 I'm sorry。 。。。more
Jinjer
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***Update: Bailed。***When I bought this Kindle， I thought these were the memoirs about the Durrell family。 Now that I've watched the amazing series， I know these are the fiction books written by the oldest brother， Larry。 I don't think they'll be my cup of tea， but I guess we'll find out some day， when I get around to attempting to read them。 ***Update: Bailed。***When I bought this Kindle， I thought these were the memoirs about the Durrell family。 Now that I've watched the amazing series， I know these are the fiction books written by the oldest brother， Larry。 I don't think they'll be my cup of tea， but I guess we'll find out some day， when I get around to attempting to read them。 。。。more
M。E。 Rostron
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Only Shakespeare has written as well about love。
Susan
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Each book remarkable， the author himself said these four are not so much a series as they are siblings。 Read them slowly and in sequence if you can。
chichikuss
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pa， pošto može da se desi da mi čelindž padne za jednu knjigu， nagrađujem sebe i ovim， celokupno-kvartetskim logom， jer mislim da sam zaslužila， pozdrav。a i da imam najdužu knjigu od 800+ strana， baš mi se sviđa to。
Teresa
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Los tres últimos libros mejor que el primero
Julia Titov
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Strange book。 Not easy to read and understand。 Absolutely fell in love with crazy city of Alexandria。
Alma
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Que viagem！"O mar está novamente agitado hoje， com rajadas de vento que despertam os sentidos。""E foi preciso vir até tão longe para compreender！ Vivendo neste promontório escalvado， onde todas as noites Arcturo vem disputar-me às trevas， longe da poeira e dos relentos calcários das tardes de verão; compreendo agora que nenhum de nós é responsável pelo que se passou。 É a cidade que deve ser julgada， embora seja sobre nós， os seus filhos， que recaia a punição。" Que viagem！"O mar está novamente agitado hoje， com rajadas de vento que despertam os sentidos。""E foi preciso vir até tão longe para compreender！ Vivendo neste promontório escalvado， onde todas as noites Arcturo vem disputar-me às trevas， longe da poeira e dos relentos calcários das tardes de verão; compreendo agora que nenhum de nós é responsável pelo que se passou。 É a cidade que deve ser julgada， embora seja sobre nós， os seus filhos， que recaia a punição。" 。。。more
Jdamaskinos
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What a maximalism！ Myriad of characters， endless passion， complex human relationships， incest， adultery， homosexuality， cross-dressing， assassinations， suicide。 There is everything in these 4-in-1 books spread out in nearly a thousand pages！ The canvas is the pre- and during the war Alexandria。 A magical kaleidoscopic place， multinational and immensely diverse akin to a 'One thousand and one nights' scenery， a fairytale setting。 The characters are deeply thought or observed and psychoanalysed to What a maximalism！ Myriad of characters， endless passion， complex human relationships， incest， adultery， homosexuality， cross-dressing， assassinations， suicide。 There is everything in these 4-in-1 books spread out in nearly a thousand pages！ The canvas is the pre- and during the war Alexandria。 A magical kaleidoscopic place， multinational and immensely diverse akin to a 'One thousand and one nights' scenery， a fairytale setting。 The characters are deeply thought or observed and psychoanalysed to the extent that one is nearly convinced that they may be real。 Justine is a woman-Sphinx， woman and lioness， seduces， hypnotises and hurts men around her but at the same time she is proved to be so fragile and psychologically frail。 Pursewarden is a dark figure， a very talented author and philosopher of life who is 'tortured' by his personal demons; a so to speak male equivalent of a 'femme fatale'。 Nessim， on the other hand， is a handsome and attractive Copt nationalist， pretty much detached from his environment and fanatical to his idée fixe。 These three main characters are surrounded by many more and compose a busy and not infrequently surreal tableau。 The themes examined in these novels， I think， are mainly two: love with its various facets is ubiquitous throughout; after all Durrell himself characterised his work as 'an investigation of modern love'。 The other one is a question on what is real and what is not in life。 Durrell architects his material in a masterful way to mislead his readers to believe that what is in front of their eyes is real whilst is not。 Finally， one of the jewels in the crown of this piece of work is undoubtedly its language: succulent， extravagant， poetic， esoteric， flamboyant， ostentatious but so charming all in all！ Although， I personally prefer a more 'ascetic' style of writing， this work worths a reading by all means！ 。。。more
Carol
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This collection of novels sits at the top of my best reads ever list。 I found them spell binding and loved getting caught up in the complex characters and their world。 I read them in the mid 1970s， Justine and Balthazar while on an extensive visit to Egypt， MountOlive and Clea as soon as I could get my hands on copies when I returned to London。 I've reread each several times since and often just dip into one or the other。 Justine is my favourite。 I'm still hoping for another in the series。。。 This collection of novels sits at the top of my best reads ever list。 I found them spell binding and loved getting caught up in the complex characters and their world。 I read them in the mid 1970s， Justine and Balthazar while on an extensive visit to Egypt， MountOlive and Clea as soon as I could get my hands on copies when I returned to London。 I've reread each several times since and often just dip into one or the other。 Justine is my favourite。 I'm still hoping for another in the series。。。 。。。more
Alexei Colisnicenco
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For a non-native speaker， this book is a torture。 I started it twice and broke off twice after some 120 pages。 The vocabulary is way too rich and the phrases are so twisted that both Thomas Mann and Leo Tolstoy feel like a walk in the park。 So I cheated and binge-listened to an audio version read so masterfully that I was done after two days。 It’s a sheer pleasure。 Mountolive - the third volume - is probably the most intellectually satisfying， whereas Justine and Balthazar are messy， confusing， For a non-native speaker， this book is a torture。 I started it twice and broke off twice after some 120 pages。 The vocabulary is way too rich and the phrases are so twisted that both Thomas Mann and Leo Tolstoy feel like a walk in the park。 So I cheated and binge-listened to an audio version read so masterfully that I was done after two days。 It’s a sheer pleasure。 Mountolive - the third volume - is probably the most intellectually satisfying， whereas Justine and Balthazar are messy， confusing， fascinating and disgusting - just like Egypt itself。 Clea is a rushed attempt of reconciliation of the previous three， full of potentially excessive drama， but with a somewhat unexpected happy ending。 。。。more
Katrina
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La reseña de hoy vale por cuatro， no reseño un libro sino una obra completa: «El cuarteto de Alejandría»， de Lawrence Durrell。 Esta obra la componen cuatro libros （Justine， Balthazar， Mountolive y Clea） y juega en otra liga， está en primerísima división de la literatura。 Muchos autores citan a Durrell y ahora lo comprendo， ¡cuántos fragmentos me gustaría recordar para siempre！Los tres primeros libros sitúan a los personajes en un mismo margen temporal， pero conforme vas leyendo un tomo tras otro La reseña de hoy vale por cuatro， no reseño un libro sino una obra completa: «El cuarteto de Alejandría»， de Lawrence Durrell。 Esta obra la componen cuatro libros （Justine， Balthazar， Mountolive y Clea） y juega en otra liga， está en primerísima división de la literatura。 Muchos autores citan a Durrell y ahora lo comprendo， ¡cuántos fragmentos me gustaría recordar para siempre！Los tres primeros libros sitúan a los personajes en un mismo margen temporal， pero conforme vas leyendo un tomo tras otro， te muestra distintas visiones de los hechos y otras facetas de los personajes。 Cuando por fin llega el cuarto y último tomo， Clea， que se desarrolla seis años después del resto， termina （？） de dibujarse la historia （pasada， presente y futura） y las relaciones existentes entre ellos。 Si algo define a esta obra es que parece que englobe casi todas las formas de amor imaginables y sus posibles transformaciones。Hay que enfrentarse al cuarteto con el espíritu sosegado， sin prisas。 No busques aquí un "thriller rápido con frases cortas y concisas" porque así no vas a conectar con Justine。 Si， por el contrario， quieres vivir Alejandría， dejarte embelesar y sorprender por textos poéticos， profundos y vitales y conocer a unos personajes absolutamente imperfectos （cuyas facetas vas a descubrir poco a poco）: este es tu libro。La única desventaja de admirar esta obra es que puede volverte más crítica respecto a otras。 No hay que dejarse arrastrar por ese impulso， para poder disfrutar más -en la vida en general- hay que evitar compararlo todo con las grandes obras。 Por eso existen los grandes y los pequeños placeres。 ¿Adivináis a qué categoría pertenece El cuarteto？"-¡Mira！ -exclamó-。 Cinco imágenes distintas del mismo sujeto。 Si yo fuera escritora trataría de conseguir una presentación multidimensional de los personajes， una especie de visión prismática。 ¿Por qué la gente no muestra más que un solo perfil a la vez？"Reseña completa y algunas curiosidades en https://denmeunpapelillo。net/el-cuart。。。 。。。more
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