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    Balthazar, Hörbuch, Digital, 235min
    The politics of love, the intrigues of desire, love and murder, moved obscurely in the dark corners of Alexandria's streets and squares, brothels and drawing rooms- moved like a great congress of eels in the slime of plot and counter-plot. In this second volume in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, the story and the characters come more clearly into focus. Darley, the reflective Englishman, receives from Balthazar, the pathologist, a mass of notes which attempts to explain what really happened between the tempestuous Justine, her husband Nessim, Clea the artist, and Pursewarden the writer. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Anthony. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000071/bk_naxo_000071_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Justine, Hörbuch, Digital, 237min
    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 three novels that complete the Quartet - Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960) - both a critical and a popular success. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Anthony. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/000069/bk_naxo_000069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Das Alexandria-Quartett
    Nachts, wenn der Wind um die abgelegene griechische Insel tost, tastet sich der Schriftsteller Darley Glied um Glied an der Kette der Erinnerung zurück nach Alexandria. Erst jetzt, Jahre nach den Ereignissen, meint er alles zu verstehen, die schicksalhaften Begegnungen in der schillernden ägyptischen Hafenstadt, mit der Tänzerin Melissa, dem britischen Diplomaten Mountolive, der Malerin Clea, dem jüdischen Arzt Balthazar, der seine Homosexualität hemmungslos auslebt und vielen anderen, besonders aber seine tragische Affäre mit der rätselhaften, wunderschönen Jüdin Justine, der notorisch untreuen Ehefrau des wohlhabenden koptischen Bankiers Nessim. Doch was geschah wirklich, damals in den 1930er Jahrenin Alexandria, diesem Schmelztiegel der Religionen, Sprachen und Kulturen, der »großen Kelter der Liebe«? Drei weitere Figuren werden von ihren Verstrickungen in diese Geschichte erzählen, für jede von ihnen bedeutet sie etwas anderes. Gemeinsam bilden diese vier Romane einen einzigartigen Liebesreigen, ein Geflecht aus Kriminal- und Spionagegeschichten, das Porträt einer Stadt - eine so kunstvolle wie spannende Tetralogie um Täuschungen und Leidenschaften, die Literaturgeschichte geschrieben hat, in einer Prosa, deren Sog man sich nicht entziehen kann. Eine schriftstellerische Meisterleistung, sinnlich, üppig, einzigartig.
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    The Alexandria Quartet
    Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances in Lawrence Durrell's seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt that is 'stunning' (André Aciman) and 'wonderful' (Elif Shafak)'A masterpiece.' Guardian'A formidable, glittering achievement.' TLS'One of the great works of English fiction.' Times 'Dazzlingly exuberant ... Superb.' Observer'Brave and brazen ... Lush and grandiose.' Independent 'Legendary ... Casts a spell ... Reader, watch out!' Guardian'Lushly beautiful ... One of the most important works of our time.' NYTBRAlexandria, Egypt. 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 the Second World War, passion and death are inextricable. When Darley, a penniless schoolteacher, begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian woman 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, Lawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of modern love' set the world alight in 1957. Rich in political and sexual intrigue, his epic masterpiece burns just as brightly today. Introduced by Jan Morris, this oomnibus edition collects all four novels together in all their glory.What Readers Are Saying - Justine (Book 1):'Sometimes you discover a new author and know you're going to be friends for life ... One of the most beautiful books I've ever read.''I absolutely adored this book ... I felt sucked into it with an amazing force by the beauty of the words ... The backdrop of 1930s Egypt's literary circles and bohemian relationships is mesmerising ... Breathtaking.''Shimmering and dreamlike ... One of the most beautifully written books I've read ... All of life is here; can't wait for the next one.''Lush, brutal, beautiful ... Durrell captured a place and time that will never exist again.''What makes this novel truly spectacular is the language, the episodic jumps in time, the lush lyricism, and how Durrell so deftly manages to tie this all into both the city of Alexandria and the themes of passion, love, and jealousy. '
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