Iris Murdoch by Peter J. Conradi - 2002

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A full and revealing biography of one of the century’s greatest English writers and an icon to a generation.

London England: HarperCollins. Softcover Iris Murdoch: A Life: The Authorized Biography A full and revealing biography of one of the century's greatest English writers and an icon to a generation. Dame Iris Murdoch has played a major role in English life and letter for nearly half a century. As A.S.Byatt notes, she is 'absolutely central to our culture'. As a novelist, as a thinker, and as a private individual, her life has significance for our age. There is a recognisable Murdoch world, and the adjective 'Murdochian' has entered the language to describe situations where a small group of people interract intricately and strangely. Her story is as emotionally fascinating as that of Virginia Woolf, but far less well known; hers has been an adventurous, highly eventful life, a life of phenomenal emotional and intellectual pressures, and her books portray a real world which is if anything toned down as well as mythicised. For Iris's formative years, astonishingly, movingly and… Read More

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2002. Paperback. New. 512 pages. 8.07x5.04x2.05 inches.

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Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2002-07-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!