A review by rdengling
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell

5.0

This set of books is my favorite work of literature. I seldom reread books, but I have reread this collection at least five times. The prose is absolutely gorgeous. The characters are deep and complex and fascinating. And each of the books takes you deeper into the story in a way that makes you see undiscovered depths in what you'd thought you'd understood the first time through, in the previous book. The first three books cover the same time period, each time expanding our understanding through a larger point of view. And then the final book moves forward pat that time period. These books are a must read.