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The Sea, the Sea
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The Sea, the Sea

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
Verkaufsrang1197961inBelletristik
CHF23.90

Beschreibung

Iris Murdoch's extraordinary exploration of human nature shines with intricate detail.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE

When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-09-928409-3
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandKartoniert, Paperback
FormatB-Format Paperback (UK)
Erscheinungsdatum01.07.1999
ReiheVintage Classics
Seiten538 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 130 mm, Höhe 198 mm, Dicke 55 mm
Gewicht404 g
Artikel-Nr.1252445
Verlagsartikel-Nr.601053
KatalogBuchzentrum
Datenquelle-Nr.2635410
WarengruppeBelletristik
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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.John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2024, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry.