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Caesar's Vast Ghost: Aspects of Provence

A longtime resident reflects on Provence through its history, local characters and cultural mysteries, with love among his abiding concerns.

Poetry

Livia

Lawrence Durrell

Durrell returns to Avignon in a novel of unstable identities, adding another perspective to the intertwined world of his five-part sequence.

Literary fiction

Monsieur

Lawrence Durrell

Three lovers seek happiness near Avignon, where a decaying château becomes the setting for obsession, uncertain identities and tangled desire.

Literary fiction

Quinx

Lawrence Durrell

The Avignon quintet reaches its fifth novel, returning to Durrell's intertwined characters as another perspective reshapes the sequence's uncertain world.

Literary fiction

Sebastian

Lawrence Durrell

An Egyptian banker receives a death sentence from a gnostic brotherhood, but the woman he loves unwittingly intercepts its ominous letter.

Literary fiction

Sicilian Carousel

Lawrence Durrell

A bus tour carries Durrell around Sicily, where a lighthearted journey becomes an occasion for noticing the island's character and surprises.

Travel memoir

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