Balthazar (novel)
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| Balthazar | |
| Author | Lawrence Durrell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Alexandria Quartet |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
Balthazar, published in 1958, is the second volume in the The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell. Set in Alexandria, Egypt around WWII, the four novels tell essentially the same story from different points of view and come to a conclusion in Clea. Balthazar is the first novel in the series that presents a competing narrator, Balthazar, who writes back to the narrating Darley in his "great interlinear."
Durrell initially titled the book Justine II in his drafts. The novel includes several last minute changes to the publisher's proofs, perhaps most significantly the replacement and expansion of the novel's introductory Note. The corrected proofs are held in the McPherson Library at the University of Victoria.
