{"product_id":"justine-von-lawrence-durrell","title":"Justine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: a seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced by André Aciman (\u003ci\u003eCall Me By Your Name \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Walking slowly home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour wind, I remembered Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: 'We use each other like axes to cut down the ones we really love'. Alexandria: the great winepress of love. Trams, palm trees, and watermelon stalls lie honey-bathed in sunlight; in darkened bedrooms, sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world trembling on the brink of war, passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless Anglo-Irish schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour - their partners, Melissa and Nessim, are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One of the twentieth century's greatest romances, rich in political and sexual intrigue, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eLawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of modern love' set the world alight in 1957 and - as André Aciman reveals - it burns just as brightly today. \u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the great works of English fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Triumphant [in its] beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence ... '\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780571356065\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780571356065","offer_id":39414979919965,"sku":"9780571356065","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b217e330-496f-46a1-98b3-0d4a0d0f56f4.jpg?v=1779854702","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/justine-von-lawrence-durrell","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}