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- Book Synopsis
- Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls. It offers a sanctuary for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. But beneath the gentle daily routines of the community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in the midst of all this, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. 'She's writing about the only things that matter - love, goodness and how to be happy' Independent 'A book that everyone who's ever been tempted to throw in the towel and become a hermit should read' Guardian WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY
- About The Author
- Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. After working in the Treasury and in the UN, she discovered philosophy, eventually becoming Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford. Her philosophical concerns are at the heart of the 25 novels for which she became famous, gaining the Whitbread Prize for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine and the Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She wrote poetry all her life. Rachel Hirschler is the lead transcriber with the Iris Murdoch Collections at Kingston University Archives. Miles Leeson, Anne Rowe and Frances White are leading academics and editors who have published widely on Iris Murdoch's life, philosophy and novels. Together they administer and contribute to the work of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre, the Iris Murdoch Society and the Iris Murdoch Review.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780099470489
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics, (05 February 2004)
- Number of Pages
- 315
- Weight
- 268 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 129 x 24 mm
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