1974, ISBN: 9780571106608

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Faber and Faber], First Edition. 20.5cm x 13.5cm. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with on… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Faber and Faber], First Edition. 20.5cm x 13.5cm. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper with name of preowner. In this novel Durrell has turned his attention to Avignon, which here replaces Alexandria as France now replaces Egypt. Nevertheless Egypt is still present and provides a background to this tale concerning the sin of the Templars- a background concerning the gnostic heresies which are still alive today in the Middle East, and which in the book deeply influence the lives of the characters who inhabit a dilapidated chateau quite near Avignon, having decided to lock themselves away from the world. The book is a modern and not a historical novel, but the characters are caught up with mysterious doings of a gnostic suicide club with its headquarters in Egypt, a club with world-wide affiliations and with a centre in the oasis of Macabru near Aledxandria. The characters in this new novel are as various and fascinating as ever- the brother and sister Piers and Sylvie: Bruce the doctor: Sutcliffe the novelist: his wife Pia... But it is more than a novel of ideas composed in a dramatic and highly coloured style; it is also a novel of shifting time-schemes with intriguing departures from the strict chronology of the usual novel technique. Egypt, France, Venice, here provide a background for the action which offers an original interpretation of the so-called sin of the Templars which has baffled scholars for so long. Avignon and the old chateau form the pivot to another typical Durrell novel- of 'sliding panels'. After 'Tunc' and 'Nunquam' it is a return to the style and treatment of 'The Alexandria Quartet', glinting with insights about love and death and full of strongly drawn characters who set one dreaming., IE, [SC: 0.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 1200g], [PU: London], Banküberweisung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

1974, ISBN: 0571106609

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780571106608], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 18.0], [PU: Faber], Jacket, the jacket is a little shelf rubbed and frayed at the top of the spine. there is no real paper loss. … More...

[EAN: 9780571106608], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 18.0], [PU: Faber], Jacket, the jacket is a little shelf rubbed and frayed at the top of the spine. there is no real paper loss. the book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services., Books<

1974, ISBN: 9780571106608

Paperback, Hardcover

Faber & Faber, 14/10/1974 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. **1st Edition** **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket Faber 1974, Faber & Faber, 14/10/1974 00:00:01, 3