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Lawrence Durrell reminds me of my uni classmate Peter. We were assigned to partner in a group assignment, and he‘s very controlling. While reviewing our work, he read my part of the essay and looked very annoyed. “Come on, Sisilia. You can‘t use “to solve the problem” for such serious paper. Change it to… *thinking for a few minutes*… “to decipher the enigma”. You need to work on your writing skill!” 🤪

I decided to cut my losses at p.70/877. I think Durrell worked hard to impress his readers by putting a lot of acrobatics. I appreciate good writings but this one is full of words jumbled up together and yet I was left asking “wth are you trying to say?” I posted those paragraphs that caught my attention and made me feel 🤢 My last draw was this: “..love, as a sort of masturbation, took on all the colours of neurasthenia.” Pfftt 🙅🏻‍♀️

I‘m losing my patience! 😩

Gosh! How constipated!!!

Starting my journey with this tetralogy

This book is not what I expected and it seems so far to be one of the most challenging books I have ever attempted but it‘s absolutely stunning and gorgeous and gives me hope for the future that someone once wrote like this.

New book vibes

“Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.“

Remembering Lawrence Durrell on his birthday.

“the sea is high today with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring“

This republished edition of Alexandria Quartet are my most anticipated books of the year❣️ Time to do some rereading ...

The great unboxing continues.These lovelies are the 4 volumes of the Alexandria Quartet.It has been on my TBR for years.Pocket Book Cardinal editions that retailed for 50 cents.Their golden spines unbroken.Seems like they were on the previous owners TBR as well, unless they were read very gently.

❤ "Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine” ❤

Not an easy read this one, but these beautiful phrases keep me going.

#summerreading ⛱

"The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind. In the midst of winter you can feel the inventions of spring. A sky of hot nude pearl until midday, crickets in sheltered places, and now the wind unpacking the great planes, ransacking the great planes...." #firstlines

I started reading Justine when I was about 20 and stopped, which was rare for me. About 10 years later, I started over and read all 4 books in a week. And it blew my little mind, big time. Such finesse! I cannot say strongly enough how amazing this quartet of books is. But they should definitely be read all together. #changedyourmindabout #feistyfeb

Great deal today on this 4-book set! Available for Kindle and Nook.

The Alexandria Quartet is a series of four interconnected books set in Alexandria, Egypt in the 1930s and 40s. These books are a work of art as far as atmosphere, imagery, philosophy, character and voice are concerned. The prose is incredibly gorgeous and well crafted, but they‘re not easy to read, & at times I had no idea in which direction the story was going. I both loved & hated them. A memorable experience, worth both the time & effort.

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I'm kinda loving the vintage covers on these 1960's paperbacks.