The Avignon Quintet

The Avignon Quintet gathers Lawrence Durrell's five kaleidoscopic, Booker Prize-nominated novels – orbiting around the South of France in World War II – into one epic modern classic, one of 'the greatest novels of our time' (Sunday Times).'Durrell is a magician. He juggles with glittering words, he conjures up «cloud capped towers, gorgeous palaces and solemn temples,» he entrances, intrigues and impresses.' The TimesAvignon: the kingdom of kings and Popes, capital of the historic South of France, heart of legendary Provence. The entwined lives of a group of friends – and lovers – are transformed forever by the... Weiter