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The Italian Girl (Vintage Classics)
Iris Murdoch
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Description for The Italian Girl (Vintage Classics)
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285236
SKU
V9780099285236
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About Iris Murdoch
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Italian Girl (Vintage Classics)
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more