Iris Murdoch
The Sea, The Sea & A Severed Head
- ISBN 13:
- 9781841593708
- author:
- Iris Murdoch
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Everyman
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 680
- Dimensions:
- 13.6 x 3.8 x 21.1 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, , Iris Murdoch,The Sea, The Sea & A Severed Head,Everyman,1841593702,General & Literary Fiction,Fiction / General,Fiction / Literary,Modern & contemporary fiction,Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),United Kingdom,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Sea, the Sea: A Severed Head
A dark and ferocious comic masterpiece, this novel follows Martin Lynch-Gibbon's life as it unravels after his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. Meanwhile, Charles Arrowby, a retired theatrical big name, retreats to an isolated house on the edge of England's North Sea to write his memoirs.
As Arrowby's plans begin to unravel, he becomes haunted by the idea of rekindling his adolescent passion, leading to a tragic and comic exploration of how our lives are governed by the lies we tell ourselves and our all-consuming desire for love, significance, and redemption.
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