![]() ![]() They proceed to Alexandria, now under nightly bombardment because of the War (WW2), Darley continues to reminisce, sometimes lamenting, and seeks and sometimes finds, the characters of the earlier book. Mnemjian is a prosperous barber, and possibly brothel owner. ![]() Mnemjian arrives (unexpectedly) to see Darley with a message from Nessim and news of events in Alexandria-notably the fall from prosperity of the Hosnani family (Nessim, his wife Justine, and brother Narouz-the latter dead). ![]() Darley has been able to spend this period on the island-thinking, writing, maturing-due to the £500 left him in his will by the writer Pursewarden (who killed himself). The child is now six years old-marking the time that has elapsed since the events of Justine. The book begins with the Narrator (Darley) living on a remote Greek island with Nessim's illegitimate daughter from Melissa. Set in Alexandria, Egypt, around World War II, the first three volumes tell the same story from different points of view, and Clea relates subsequent events.ĭurrell wrote the book in four weeks. Clea, published in 1960, is the fourth volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell. ![]()
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