The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)

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It’s all dry sand running through the fingers.’ When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But what love could survive all that violence? WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA 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.

Additional information

Weight 0.263 kg
Dimensions 2.2 × 12.8 × 17.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

368

Publisher

Year Published

2019-7-4

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784875171

About The Author

Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

Review Quote

How bloody good her novels are – how intelligent, how lucent, how divinely crazy. They’re fun – I’d forgotten that.

Other text

One of her most haunting works… She is spectacularly enigmatic

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