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The first volume in Lawrence Durrell's The Avignon Quintet. Published from 1974 to 1985, this sequence of five interrelated novels explore the lives of a group of Europeans before, during, and after World War II. Three lovers and comrades seek happiness in a dilapidated chateau near history-env...

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Main Author: Durrell, Lawrence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking Press 1975.
Subjects:
Philosophy > Fiction.
Gnosticism > Fiction.
Human sacrifice > Fiction.
Cults > France > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Cults > Fiction.
Philosophie > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Gnosticisme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Sacrifice humain > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Triangle (Relations humaines) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Cults
Gnosticism
Human sacrifice
Philosophy
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
France
English fiction > 20th century
novels.
Novels
Fiction
Fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
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Summary:The first volume in Lawrence Durrell's The Avignon Quintet. Published from 1974 to 1985, this sequence of five interrelated novels explore the lives of a group of Europeans before, during, and after World War II. Three lovers and comrades seek happiness in a dilapidated chateau near history-enveloped Avignon, but must contend with madness, eerie obsessions, and darker demonic forces.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:305 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, 1974.
ISBN:0670486787
9780670486786