Book I of The Alexandria Quartet. A fascinating story - each of the four books tells and adds to the original story from a different persons perspective.
Reading"Justine" and all the other books of the "Alexandria Quartet" recalls visits to Egypt and Alexandria.The descriptions awaken all your senses:
you can smell the oranges in the market and urine in the streets. The people are warm and beautiful. The prose is poetic.
you can smell the oranges in the market and urine in the streets. The people are warm and beautiful. The prose is poetic.
A great classic!
