The Sea, The Sea
Book Details
Author(s)
Iris Murdoch
Publisher
Vintage Classics
ISBN / ASIN
009928409X
ISBN-13
9780099284093
Availability
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Sales Rank
#2,160,331
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE. 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 OBSESSIONS.
