The Sandcastle
Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
$27.77
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2003
Summary
A married schoolmaster and young painter must choose between love, duty and ambition - Murdoch at her very best.
When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being. Suddenly there is joy to be found in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099433583 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099433583 |
| Author: | Iris Murdoch |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2003 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classic Iris Murdoch Series |
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Iris Murdoch is incapable of writing without fascinating and beautiful colour
Iris Murdoch is incapable of writing without fascinating and beautiful colour * The Times *
Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century * Guardian *
Of the novelists who have made their bow since the war she seems to me to be the most remarkable – Raymond Mortimer
About The Author
Iris Murdoch
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.
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