the sea, the sea (Paperback, New Ed)

Booker Prize Winner in 1978. When director, playwright and actor Charles retires from his glittering London world to become a hermit, it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes to escape from 'the women' but, unexpectedly, meets one whom he loved long ago. Charles learns that his solitude is inhabited by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions. Intellectually challenging and imaginatively satisfying, this was a great choice for the Booker Prize. (Kirkus UK)

The sea: turbulent and leaden,transparent and opaque,magician and mother... When Cahrles Arrowby,over sixty,a demi god of the theatre- director,playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to `abjure magic and become a hermit',it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from `the woman' - but unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago. His buddhist cousin, James, also arrives. he is menaced by a monster from the deep. Charlesfinds his `solitude' peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Vintage Classics
Release date:	July 1999
Authors:	Iris Murdoch
Introduction by:	John Burnside
Dimensions:	198 x 131 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	502
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-928409-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-09-928409-X
Barcode:	9780099284093

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