The Sea, The Sea
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 009928409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099284093
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About This Item
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theater, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PA0351
- Title
- The Sea, The Sea
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 16th printing
- ISBN 10
- 009928409X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099284093
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 508p. 19,7x13cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Language
- English
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