Marvellous.. Compulsive reading, hugely funny

Spectator

We are back, of course, with great delight, in the land of Iris Murdoch, which is like no other but Prospero's

Sunday Telegraph

The most daring and original of all her novels

- A. N. Wilson,

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Never for a moment does one want to stop reading... I don't think Iris Murdoch has ever written better prose

Daily Telegraph

Ambitious, unique and ingeniously plotted

- Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times

In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
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In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
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A darkly comic story of creativity, conscience, rebirth and love, which displays all of Murdoch's virtuoso imagination and narrative genius.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099283591
Publisert
2000-01-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
35 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

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Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.