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Brillante apertura del Cuarteto de Alejandría, la celebérrima tetralogía de Durrell. Aquí asistimos a la precisa belleza con que Darley, el narrador, refiere la historia de su pasión hacia la enigmática Justine, centro de unos amores cruzados. El desenlace, con una misteriosa muerte, es en realidad un final abierto que solo cobra todo su sentido tras la lectura del resto del Cuarteto

Imagine if P.G. Wodehouse was a diplomat: Durrells hilarious foreign office sketches are sophisticated funny, but wonderful, and bonkers (Joanna Trollope)A rewarding cocktail based on two parts Wodehouse and one part Saki ... So much fun.New York TimesWhatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field for humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories. John BetjemanAfter a lifetime serving that most delightfully British of institutions, the Foreign Office, Antrobus cant resist musing over old times in Vulgaria at his London club - or should that be cringing ... His memories of farcical gaffes and comic diplomatic misadventures climax in a dramatic sword fight over a gorgeous new French ambassadress - just one portrait of English etiquette, empire, and eccentricity Celebrated British novelist, travel writer, and member of the real-life family portrayed in The Durrells in Corfu, Lawrence Durrell experienced the absurdities of mid-century diplomacy firsthand. His charming jeu desprit about the diplomatic corps is classic satire: but be warned: theres a point where laughter can become painful ...Antrobus is a delight to listen to, and his stories are wonderfully funny.AtlanticMy goodness it is funny.The Daily Telegraph

Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt, in Durrells epic modern classic. Every interpretation of reality is based upon a unique position ...As the threat of war looms over Alexandria, an exiled Anglo-Irish schoolteacher unravels his erotic obsession with two women: Melissa, a dancer, and Justine, a glamorous Egyptian wife. During sessions with his psychiatrist, Balthazar, their intricate love affair is cast in a radical, sinister new light, illuminating a mysterious plot connected to a recent murder - but Lawrence Durrells kaleidoscopic storytelling means that nothing is ever as it seems ... Legendary ... Casts a spell ... A fine storyteller. Reader, watch out!Jan Morris, GuardianA brave and brazen work ... Lush and grandiose.IndependentOne of the very best novelists of our time ... [such] beauty.New York Times Book ReviewVOLUME TWO OF LAWRENCE DURRELLS ALEXANDRIA QUARTET

Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrells epic modern classic. An expat schoolteacher has spent years in exile reflecting on his turmoiled love affair with Justine, a glamorous Egyptian wife. Returning to wartime Alexandria, he finds that his old friends have suffered dramatic changes of body, mind, and fortune - and someone whom he has never really known wishes to see him. His affair with Clea, a bisexual artist, not only changes the lovers, but transforms the dead, forever - and heralds a new beginning, just as Lawrence Durrells intoxicating masterpiece ends. Durrell has written about a dozen real love stories, entwined them, and explored them with a truly Proustian ferocity ... Superb.Observer Lushly beautiful ... His style glows ... One of the most important works of our time.New York Times Book ReviewIt is hard now to recapture the impact half a century ago of these novels heat, luxuriance and profanity [or] his descriptions of Alexandria - its beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence ....Spectator

Imagine if P.G.Wodehouse was a diplomat: Durrells hilarious foreign office sketches are sophisticated funny, but wonderful, and bonkers (Joanna Trollope)A rewarding cocktail based on two parts Wodehouse and one part Saki ... So much fun.New York TimesWhatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field for humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories. John BetjemanAfter a lifetime serving that most delightfully British of institutions, the Foreign Office, Antrobus cant resist musing over old times in Vulgaria at his London club - or should that be cringing ... Rankled by farcical gaffes and absurd misadventures, from Yugoslav ghost trains to disastrous misprints (The Balkan Herald Keeps the British Flag Frying), these delicious sketches lampoon English etiquette, empire, and eccentricity.Celebrated British novelist, travel writer, and member of the real-life family portrayed in The Durrells in Corfu, Lawrence Durrell experienced the absurdities of mid-century diplomacy firsthand. His charming jeu desprit about the diplomatic corps is classic satire: but be warned: theres a point where laughter can become painful ...My goodness it is funny.Daily TelegraphUproariously funny and shrewd ... With the arrows of farce and of satire, he is on the target again and again.Evening Standard

When a genius inventor is seduced by a mysterious firm to create a robot, technology may save him - or be his undoing ... Lose yourself in this dystopian novel by the bestselling author of The Alexandria Quartet.A superb craftsman and stylist.New York TimesFelix Charlock is a world-famous inventor. His scientific genius draws him into the web of a sinister multinational corporation called Merlin who recruit him for their own ends. When Felix is married into this wealthy family, The Firm sets him an impossible project, demanding that he reinvents his former lover as a living, breathing replica. But creating this perfect robot facsimile heralds a new era of destruction, threatening not only Felixs sanity, but his very existence ...Consisting of two novels - Tunc and its sequel, Numquam - The Revolt of Aphrodite is a dystopian novel of ideas, rich in mystery and drama, with an epic global sweep and dazzling cast. Showing literary master Lawrence Durrell at his most conceptually ambitious, this tale of a modern Frankenstein will revolutionise the way you view technology forever.Scenes of wild and deliberate fantasy ... [of] peculiar and disturbing poignancy.New Statesman Such readability ... Few writers can tell a story better.Observer

Rediscover one of the twentieth centurys greatest romances: this seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced by André Aciman (Call Me By Your Name and Find Me), is wonderful (Elif Shafak) I remembered Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: We use each other like axes to cut down the ones we really love.Alexandria: the great winepress of love. 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 war, passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour - their partners are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One of the worlds greatest romances, rich in political and sexual intrigue, Lawrence Durrells scandalous investigation of modern love set the world alight in 1957 and - as Andre Aciman reveals - it burns just as brightly today.What Readers Are Saying:Sometimes you discover a new author and know youre going to be friends for life ... One of the most beautiful books Ive 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 Egypts literary circles and bohemian relationships is mesmerising ... Breathtaking.Shimmering and dreamlike ... One of the most beautifully written books Ive read ... All of life is here; cant 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. What The Critics Said:A masterpiece.GuardianOne of the great works of English fiction.Times Dazzlingly exuberant ... Reckless ... Superb.ObserverBrave and brazen ... Lush and grandiose.IndependentLegendary ... Casts a spell ... Reader, watch out!GuardianLushly beautiful ... One of the most important works of our time.NYTBR

The British Foreign Office is a timeless institution. Antrobus is the embodiment of everything that makes it what it is. His tales of diplomatic misadventure, accompanied by memorable and witty drawings, make a collection to cherish, for as long as the Foreign Office holds sway over far-flung British interests.Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field of humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories. John Betjeman

El tiempo, el escenario, los personajes y los incidentes son los mismos que en Justine, pero el comentario interlineal del doctor Balthazar lo envuelve todo de un misterioso y dramático sentido, arrastrando al lector al centro mismo de la creacion artistica.