Iris Murdoch

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The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head: Introduction by Sarah ChurchwellHardcover, 5 April 2016

The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head: Introduction by Sarah Churchwell
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Part of Series
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
Part of Series
Contemporary Classics
Print Length
696 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Date Published
5 Apr 2016
ISBN-10
1101907665
ISBN-13
9781101907665

Description

These two major novels--by one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century--are ferociously dark comedies that combine playfulness with profundity.

A Severed Head (1961) is one of Iris Murdoch's most entertaining works, tracing the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, prosperous London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. The story takes bedroom farce to a new level of sophistication, with scenes that are both wickedly funny and emblematic of the way momentous moral issues play out in everyday life.

The Booker Prize-winning The Sea, the Sea (1978) is set on the edge of England's North Sea, where egotistical Charles Arrowby, a big name in London's glittering theatrical world, has retreated into seclusion to write his memoirs. Arrowby's plans begin to unravel when he encounters his long-lost first love and finds himself increasingly besieged by his own fantasies, delusions, and obsessions.

Both novels are tragicomic masterpieces that brilliantly dramatize how much our lives are governed by the lies we tell ourselves and by the all-consuming need for love, meaning, and redemption.

Introduction by Sarah Churchwell

Product Details

Author:
Iris Murdoch
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
DE
Date Published:
5 April 2016
Dimensions:
21.08 x 12.95 x 3.81 cm
ISBN-10:
1101907665
ISBN-13:
9781101907665
Language:
English
Pages:
696
Weight:
680.39 gm

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