The Alexandria Quartet

lawrence durrell

A boxed set of 4 paperbacks in a hardback slipcover.

Genres fictionclassicshistorical fictionliteraturenovelsegyptliterary fictionafricabritish literature20th century

1109 pages, Hardcover Boxed Set

First published January 1,1960

Series

The Alexandria Quartet

Places

alexandria, egypt,

This edition

Format: 1109 pages, Hardcover Boxed Set
Published: January 1, 1975 by Dutton Books
ISBN: 9780525477952
ASIN: 0525477950
Language: English

About the author

Lawrence George Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell's prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, Monsieur (1974), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, Constance (1982), was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (1957), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced much of his early work, including a provocative and controversial novel, The Black Book (1938). Durrell died in France in 1990.

The time Lawrence spent with his family, mother Louisa, siblings Leslie, Margaret Durrell, and Gerald Durrell, on the island of Corfu were the subject of Gerald's memoirs and have been filmed numerous times for TV.