Justine - Durrell Lawrence - 1979

223 pages. Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. The time is the eve of the Second World War. The place is Alexandria, an Egyptian city that once housed the world's greatest library and whose inhabitants are still dedicated to knowledge. But for the obsessed and purblind characters in this mesmerizing first novel of the Alexandria Quartet, the pursuit of knowledge leads to no library, only to the bedrooms in which each seeks to know - and possess - the other. Since its publication in 1957, "Justine" has inspired an almost religious devotion among readers and critics. It is not so much a book as it is a self-contained universe, constructed by one of the most elegant and formidably intelligent minds in contemporary fiction. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0571056792. ISBN/EAN: 9780571056798. Inventory No: 19020114. By: Durrell Lawrence Year: 1979 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: