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The Sea, The Sea
de Murdoch, Iris
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near fine, 1st edition (3rd printing, 2 months after 1st), unclipped d/j (some bumping, in protective sleeve), green clothbound
- ISBN 10
- 0670626511
- ISBN 13
- 9780670626519
- Librería
-
Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. 1st (3rd imp). h/b. Near fine, 1st edition (3rd printing, 2 months after 1st), unclipped d/j (some bumping, in protective sleeve), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor both professionally and personally, and to amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors--some real, some spectral--that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. In exposing the jumble of motivations that drive Arrowby and the other characters, Iris Murdoch lays bare ""the truth of untruth""--the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguises they present to the world. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Charles's confrontation with the tidal rips of love and forgiveness is one of Murdoch's most moving and powerful novels. Winner of the Booker Prize
Sinopsis
Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born British author and philosopher who won the Man Booker prize in 1978 for her famous novel, The Sea, The Sea. The book is written in the form of a journal, kept by Charles Arrowby, an actor turned director who has retired to a secluded abandoned house by the edges of the sea. At the heart of the novel is Arrowby’s obsession with his first love, Mary Hartley Fitch, whom he has not seen since they were adolescents. He becomes possessed by her once again, and attempts to persuade her to elope with him, although she is married and has a son with her husband. Arrowby’s memoir evolves into a compelling record of the odd events and of the unexpected visitors that unsettle his world. The novel explores theories of misplaced, misguided love while revealing a complex story of a remarkable exploration of life.
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC133383
- Título
- The Sea, The Sea
- Autor
- Murdoch, Iris
- Formato/Encuadernación
- H/b
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine, 1st edition (3rd printing, 2 months after 1st), unclipped d/j (some bumping, in protective sleeve), green clothbound
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st (3rd imp)
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670626511
- ISBN 13
- 9780670626519
- Editorial
- Chatto & Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1978
- Páginas
- 502
- Tamaño
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, Murdoch, prize, Booker
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.58 g
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