The essence of life, death, and love are explored in a story about a mysteriously reclusive thinker who profoundly alters the lives of those entranced by him
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Review:
"She was a brilliantly clever woman" (Dame Judi Dench)
"There is no doubt in my mind that Iris Murdoch is one of the most important novelists now writing in English...The power of her imaginative vision, her intelligence and her awareness and revelation of human truth are quite remarkable" (The Times)
"I love the novels of Iris Murdoch" (Philippa Gregory)
"Miss Murdoch is blessedly clever without any of the aridity which, for some reason, that word is supposed to imply" (Philip Toynbee)
"Iris Murdoch has imposed her alternative world on us as surely as Christopher Columbus or Graham Greene" (Sunday Times)
Book Description:
A late novel from one of the twentieth century's most important writers - a story of the relationships that restore meaning in a seemingly random universe.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0670829994
- ISBN 13 9780670829996
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages576
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