{"product_id":"avignon-quintet-by-lawrence-durrell","title":"'Avignon Quintet' by Lawrence Durrell","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"969\"\u003eLawrence Durrell’s \u003cem data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"511\"\u003eThe Avignon Quintet\u003c\/em\u003e is a strange, ornate, self-folding sequence of five connected novels: \u003cem data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"592\"\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"601\"\u003eLivia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"614\"\u003eConstance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"627\"\u003eSebastian\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"640\"\u003eQuinx\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"969\"\u003eWritten after \u003cem data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"680\"\u003eThe Alexandria Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e, the quintet moves Durrell’s fictional universe from Alexandria to Avignon, opening into a world of châteaux, wartime Europe, Egypt, Gnostic sects, Templar legends, psychoanalysis, erotic entanglement, doubles, manuscripts, ghosts, and narrative rooms that do not stay where they are put.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1381\"\u003eThis is late Durrell in full performance: sensuous, excessive, clever, mystic, theatrical, sometimes maddening, often brilliant. Best for readers who like modernist afterlives, European literary weirdness, metaphysical conspiracy, and novels where love affairs, religious heresies, war memory, and literary form all keep sliding into one another like someone has spilled wine on the floor plan of civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1804\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete five-volume \u003cem data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1445\"\u003eAvignon Quintet\u003c\/em\u003e bundle. Includes Faber hardbacks of \u003cem data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1501\"\u003eLivia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003eConstance\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1531\"\u003eSebastian\u003c\/em\u003e, plus Viking hardback of \u003cem data-start=\"1557\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003eQuinx\u003c\/em\u003e. First editions where noted from photos; \u003cem data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1617\"\u003eSebastian\u003c\/em\u003e is ex-library with stamps, labels, and borrowing sheet. Overall good to very good vintage condition, with dust jackets, light shelf wear, mild toning\/spotting, and some edge\/corner wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986986070099,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-31T174237.939.png?v=1780213494","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/avignon-quintet-by-lawrence-durrell","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}