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| Author | Lawrence Durrell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Avignon Quintet |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber (UK) |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 265 p. |
| ISBN | 0-571-11297-8 |
| OCLC | 4340729 |
| 823/.9/12 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.D9377 Li PR6007.U76 |
| Preceded by | Monsieur |
| Followed by | Constance |
Livia, or Buried Alive (1978), is the second volume in British author Lawrence Durrell's The Avignon Quintet, published from 1974 to 1985. Durrell has described the novels as "roped together like climbers on a rockface, but all independent . . . a series of books through which the same characters move for all the world as if to illustrate the notion of reincarnation."[1] The description of this form for the quintet actually appears in Livia. The first novel of the quincunx (the 'figurative shape' of five used on a die or playing card), Monsieur, received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1974.
- ^ Alastair Forbes, "Dwarves Abounding in Provence", New York Times, 22 April 1979; accessed 17 October 2016