Mountolive: a novel
1960, 5th Impression. London: Faber and Faber. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #339614
Physical description: 320 pages illustrations 21 cm. Notes: The 3d vol. of the author's quartet, the 1st of which is Justine and the 2d, Balthazar. Summary: In Mountolive, the third volume in the Alexandrian Quartet, as war begins to loom, British Ambassador David Mountolive enters the intrigues of the interwoven community of characters. The story told in the two previous volumes is complicated further through the lens of this new character... The love stories are incredibly deep and diverse, and Durrell's writing is both beautiful and inspiring. Mountolive is an Englishman working with the Foreign Service who comes to know his Dionysian self in the humidity and turmoil of early 20th century Egypt. He falls in love with his married hostess, and this relationship leaves him capable of loving only one woman and one place. The other notable couples portray a stunning array of what drives people toward love. A desire for power drives Justine and Nessim together as it does much more subtlely in the vignette about Amaril and Semira. Subjects: English Literature Prose 20th Century. Alexandria (Egypt); Fiction. Egypt Alexandria. Genre: Fiction.
Price: €12.95