Elegy for Iris - Brossura

Bayley, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312253826 ISBN 13: 9780312253820

Casa editrice: Picador, 1999

Riassunto

A moving memoir by the husband of the great contemporary writer Dame Iris Murdoch captures the ineffable mystery and fascination that she has exerted on both him and her readers and chronicles her recent sad struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Reprint.

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L'autore:

John Bayley is an eminent literary critic who taught at Oxford for more than 30 years, and was chairman of the Booker Prize Committee. Iris Murdoch died in February of 1999.

Product Description:

With remarkable tenderness, John Bayley recreates his passionate love affair with Iris Murdoch--world-renowned writer and philosopher, and his wife of forty-two years--and poignantly describes the dimming of her brilliance due to Alzheimer's disease." Elegy for Iris" is a story about the ephemeral beauty of youth and the sobering reality of what it means to grow old, but its ultimate power is that Bayley discovers great hope and joy in his celebration of Iris's life and their love. In its grasp of life's frailty and its portrayal of one of the great literary romances of this century, "Elegy for Iris" is a mesmerizing work of art that will be read for generations.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312253826
• ISBN 13: 9780312253820
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288