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A Fairly Honourable Defeat: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GARTH GREENWELL 'I ...Show more
Iris Murdoch : A Writer at War - Letters and diaries of Iris Murdoch 1939-45 by Iris Murdoch (editor Peter Conradi)
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Category: New Hardbacks
The never before published diaries and letters of Iris Murdoch, during WWII. Includes correspondence with the poet Frank Thomson and the diplomat David Hicks. They shed a new light on the life and mind of a brilliant young writer. Edited by Peter Conradi, Murdoch's friend and the author of her biography ...Show more
Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Biography & Memoir
'Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real'. This selection of Iris Murdoch's most interesting and important letters gives us a living portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. Here for the first time is Murdoch in her own words ...Show more
Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 by Iris Murdoch
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real'. This selection of Iris Murdoch's most interesting and important letters gives us a living portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. Here for the first time is Murdoch in her own words ...Show more
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels, yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defence any moral values against the constant enroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? This work conducts a debate with major writers, thin ...Show more
Sartre: Romantic Rationalist by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Sartre's powerful political passions were united with a memorable literary gift, placing him foremost among the novelists, as well as the philosophers, of our time. Iris Murdoch's pioneering study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex oeurve. Combining the objectivity ...Show more
The Bell: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch; A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY 'In th ...Show more
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Fiction
This title comes with an introduction by Candia Mcwilliam. The Black Prince is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent ...Show more
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
"The Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold ...Show more
The Black Prince: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch; Candia McWilliam (Introduction by)
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE HANNAH 'Eve ...Show more
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Special Orders
This is a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Sacred and profane love are related opposites; the one enjoyed renders the other necessary, so that the ever unsatisfied heart swings constantly to and fro.
The Sandcastle: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series by Iris Murdoch
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Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Murdoch Ser.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA 'It's all ...Show more