Justine
Registered by gypsysmom of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 6/3/2019
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This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I purchased this book at a used book store in Settle North Yorkshire England. They were closing down so they offered two used books for the price of one. This book was 3 pounds which was the higher priced book. I bought it because I have been enjoying the PBS series on the Durrells of Corfu and Lawrence Durrell as portrayed in the series is a writer struggling to become successful.
Maybe at another time in my life I would have rated this book higher than 3 stars out of five. Some of the writing is magical and evocative and the structure of the novel is rather unusual. For its time (1957) I'm sure it was daring because of the sexual frankness. Nevertheless I wasn't caught up by the story.
The unnamed narrator writes about his life in Alexandria Egypt before World War II. He is English probably although that is never completely specified. He supported himself by teaching and he was trying to write in his spare time. He doesn't actually have much spare time because he hobnobs with the expat community. He has a girlfriend, Melissa, who is a dancer at a nightclub but he falls in love with Justine, the wife of a rich banker. Justine has a history of sexual affairs; her first husband wrote a book about her and her unfaithfulness. Our narrator has almost memorized the whole book. Justine's present husband suspects she is having an affair but doesn't seem to know with whom. Various other personages circle through the pages. This book is the first of four books about the same group of people so perhaps some of those people will become more important in other books. I don't think I am sufficiently interested in them to read the other books of the quartet.
The unnamed narrator writes about his life in Alexandria Egypt before World War II. He is English probably although that is never completely specified. He supported himself by teaching and he was trying to write in his spare time. He doesn't actually have much spare time because he hobnobs with the expat community. He has a girlfriend, Melissa, who is a dancer at a nightclub but he falls in love with Justine, the wife of a rich banker. Justine has a history of sexual affairs; her first husband wrote a book about her and her unfaithfulness. Our narrator has almost memorized the whole book. Justine's present husband suspects she is having an affair but doesn't seem to know with whom. Various other personages circle through the pages. This book is the first of four books about the same group of people so perhaps some of those people will become more important in other books. I don't think I am sufficiently interested in them to read the other books of the quartet.
Journal Entry 3 by gypsysmom at Shell Station and Car Wash in Cranbrook, British Columbia Canada on Monday, August 19, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (8/19/2019 UTC) at Shell Station and Car Wash in Cranbrook, British Columbia Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book stand by the vacuum outside the carwash . This release is for the 2019 52 Towns in 52 weeks release challenge - Town #14 and for the One Word Title release challenge.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
