The Italian Girl [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Murdoch, Iris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099285231 ISBN 13: 9780099285236

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2000

Riassunto

Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems, together with some new ones. One by one his relatives reveal their secrets to a reluctant Edmund: illicit affairs, hidden passions, shameful scandals. And the heart of all, there is, as always, the family's loyal servant, the Italian girl.

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Recensione:

"She was always in the front rank of unpredictable, original, serious writers exploring the deeper themes of ancient as well as contemporary experience" (Guardian)

"Iris Murdoch really knows how to write - she can tell a story, delineate a character, catch an atmosphere with deadly accuracy" (John Betjeman)

"I suspect that when the intellectual map of our own times comes to be sketched out, Iris Murdoch will occupy a position analogous to Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky... Murdoch writes better than anyone about the condition of being love: both the ecstatic joys of it and its capacity to turn otherwise decent individuals into monsters of selfishness and cruelty... Her vision of the world is heart-rending, but ultimately celebratory" (A.N. Wilson)

Descrizione del libro:

A witty, elegant comedy of errors to rival any of Shakespeare's

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• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099285231
• ISBN 13: 9780099285236
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176