The Sea, the Sea - Softcover

Murdoch, Iris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140051996 ISBN 13: 9780140051995

Publisher: Penguin, 1980

Synopsis

First published in 1978, this is the story of Charles Arrowby who, retiring from his glittering London world in order to abjure magic and become a hermit turns to the sea: turbulent and leaden, transparent and opaque, magician and mother. But he finds his solitude is peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions,

About this title

Review:

"Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive" (The Times)

"One of the most ambitious tours de force in many years... There are pages one races through to see what happens. She is a virtuoso at description" (Daily Mail)

"She was a brilliantly clever woman" (Dame Judi Dench)

"There is no doubt in my mind that Iris Murdoch is one of the most important novelists now writing in English...The power of her imaginative vision, her intelligence and her awareness and revelation of human truth are quite remarkable" (The Times)

"A fabulous novel...funny and poignant and is arguably Murdoch's finest hour" (Gary Kemp Daily Express)

From the Publisher:

'One of the best and most important writers writing in English-dazzlingly entertaining and inventive' The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0140051996
• ISBN 13: 9780140051995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512