num_pages: 214
description: Set in Alexandria, Egypt, in the years between World Wars I and II, Justine is the first installment in the distinguished Alexandria Quartet. Here Lawrence Durrell crafts an exquisite and challenging modern novel that explores tragic love and the fluidity of recollection. Employing a fluctuating narrative and poetic prose, Durrell recounts his unnamed narrator’s all-encompassing romance with the intoxicating Justine. The result is a matchless work that confronts all we understand and believe about sexual desire, identity, place, and the certainty of time.
language: English
title: Justine
titlecomplete: Justine (Alexandria Quartet, #1)
characters: Josh Scobie, Clea Montis, L.G. Darley, Paul Capodistria, Justine Hosnani, S. Balthazar, Percy Pursewarden, Nessim Hosnani, Melissa Artemis, Gaston Pombal
genres: Fiction, Egypt, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 8794
places: Egypt, Alexandria,  
series: Alexandria Quartet
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Faber and Faber