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Alan Bray
Apr 20, 20234 min read
The Unbearable Inevitability Of Style
Dear friends, I’m back. The vacation was great. We saw the house in Madrid where Cervantes wrote Don Quixote. I do want to announce a...
Alan Bray
Mar 30, 20234 min read
Where'd She Go?
It is near the end of Justine that the reader is shown the “how” of Justine’s disappearance, as well as other plot points previously...
Alan Bray
Mar 24, 20236 min read
My Style Is Ba-Roque
First, an apology for posting this a day late on Friday vs. Thursday. We were away on a trip, and the post was not ready. Great regrets,...
Alan Bray
Mar 16, 20234 min read
Sex And The City - Justine
The history of the city of Alexandria, Egypt is one of frequent conquest by different empires. The British took over in 1881 and remained...
Alan Bray
Mar 9, 20235 min read
Justine
Today, let’s talk about Justine, Lawrence Durrell’s 1957 book that begins his four-novel opus, The Alexandria Quartet. The other novels...