Sebastian or Ruling Passions
Faber and faber. 1983. 202 sidor. Inbunden med skyddsomslag.Nära nyskick. This is the fourth in Lawrence Durrell's current sequence of novels, following Constance, which was short-listed for the Booker Price. What Mr Durrell calls his 'quincunx' can now be seen emerging as an Avignon quintet, more and more recognizably linked with the themes and characters of The Alexandria Quartet. In Sebastian the locale is principally Geneva, picking up from the close of Constance, and as the story unfolds what were enigmas become revelations, and what seemed brilliant patchwork becomes cunningly woven tapestry. The relationship of Constance and Affad is under threat, and they realize they are heading for a fearful crisis while her professional practice as a clinical psychiatrist involves her in the patient healing of an autistic child - her lover's lon - and the handling of a dangerous criminal psychopath. These intertwined episodes are as full of tender insight and electrifying melodrama is anything Mr Durrell has ever written.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0571131115
- Titel
- Sebastian or Ruling passions : a novel
- Författare
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Förlag
- London : Faber and Faber
- Utgivningsår
- 1983
- Språk
- English
