by Iris Murdoch · tapa dura · ISBN 9781841593708
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Immerse yourself in the depths of Iris Murdoch's narrative with 'The Sea, the Sea & A Severed Head'. This edition from Everyman Publishers, published on March 6, 2016, features a hardcover edition that combines two of Murdoch's most intriguing works. 'The Sea, the Sea', winner of the Booker Prize, explores themes of obsession and loss through the eyes of Charles Arrowby, a retired theater director seeking solitude by the sea. Alongside this novel is 'A Severed Head', a dark comedy that satirizes the complexities of human relationships and love entanglements in British society. This collection offers a comprehensive view of Murdoch's literary talent, exploring human psychology and the complexities of relationships with her characteristic wit and depth.
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net (1954), was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Her 1978 novel The Sea, The Sea won the Booker Prize. In 1987, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
