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BooksclassicsThe Sea, the Sea
Cover of The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

The Sea, the Sea,

by Iris Murdoch, John Burnside

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Rating4.1/ 5
Ratings37
Pages528
Reading Hours11h
Published1978
LanguageEnglish

§Synopsis

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"He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years.

None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core."-- Provided by Amazon

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§About the Author

Iris Murdoch

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Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.(Source.)

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ISBN-139780099284093
ISBN-10009928409X

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