Questions tagged [lawrence-durrell]
Questions about the life and works of the Indian-born author Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990), best known for the tetralogy called the Alexandria Quartet: Justine (1957), Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960). Durrell also wrote poetry, memoirs, and several other novels. Use with the appropriate work tag.
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Why does Nessim steal Balthazar's key in Justine?
A significant event in Lawrence Durrell's Justine is Balthazar's losing the key used to wind up the watch he has inherited from his father. The unnamed narrator comes upon him searching for the key in ...
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What is the purpose of the "Workpoints" appended to Durrell's Justine?
At the end of Lawrence Durrell's Justine (1957, rev. 1962) is a brief appendix called "Workpoints." They appear to be either Durrell's jottings about his characters and settings, or outtakes ...
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Narrator's name in Durrell's Justine
The back cover of my copy of Lawrence Durrell's 1957–1962 The Alexandria Quartet refers to the narrator as L. G. Darley ("L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself with [sic] the end of his ...
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Meaning of "on the dreary littorals of Alexandria, with her sex broken" in Durrell's Justine
I'm unable to figure out the meaning of this sentence in Lawrence Durrell's Justine:
I found Melissa, washed up like a half-drowned bird, on the dreary littorals of Alexandria, with her sex broken.......
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