The Sea, the Sea
by:
Iris Murdoch (author)
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is...
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When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his past.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0031RS78Q
Publish date: December 29th 2008
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 612
Edition language: English
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Introduction--The Sea, The Sea
four, definitely four stars. how could i not read iris murdoch earlier?
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, published-1978, booker-winner, paper-read, autumn-2011, those-autumn-years, books-about-books-and-book-shops Read from May 27 to September 06, 2011 sic biscuitus disintegrat bwhahaha The sea which lies before me as I write glows rather than sparkles in the bland...
Here's the first thing I love about [b:The Sea, The Sea:|11229|The Sea, the Sea|Iris Murdoch|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1302898449s/11229.jpg|1410491] its title. Isn't it wonderful? Imagine how boring it would have looked on a shelf if it had just been called "The Sea." But with that...
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