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The Sandcastle

The Sandcastle

by IrisMurdoch (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1971

    $3.27

  • Used

    Paperback 1979

    $3.89

  • New

    Paperback 2003

    $11.62
Synopsis

A sparklingly profound novel about the conflict between love and loyalty The quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art, and political ambition. Mor s teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself disenchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a great love be purchased at too high a price?"

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: Jan 1971
ISBN 10: 0140014748
ISBN 13: 9780140014747

Media Reviews
Of the novelists who have made their bow since the war she seems to be the most remarkable. --Raymond Mortimer
Author Bio
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.