Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: The Sea, the Sea ISBN: 014118616X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141186160 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Winner of the prestigious Booker Prize--a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: An Accidental Man ISBN: 0099433567 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099433569 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the story of the comic, relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man. In this role we meet Dorina, Austin`s estranged wife, Mitzi, his alcoholic landlady, and a selection of other women who involve themselves in Austin`s fate, with hilarious and appalling results.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Sovereignty of good ISBN: 0415253993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415253994 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 2142.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch`s questions - and her own conclusions - can be found in the Sovereignty of Good.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Sandcastle ISBN: 0099433583 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099433583 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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 and a different dream of life. Mor`s teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Sea, the Sea ISBN: 009928409X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099284093 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1221.00 р. Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: 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.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: The Green Knight ISBN: 0140243372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140243376 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Full of suspense, humor, and symbolism, this magnificently crafted and magical novel replays biblical and medieval themes in contemporary London. An attempt by the sharp, feral, and uncommonly intelligent Lucas Graffe to murder his sensual and charismatic half-brother Clement is interrupted by a stranger whom Lucas strikes and leaves for dead. When the stranger mysteriously reappears, with specific demands for reparation, the Graffes circle of idiosyncratic family and friends is disrupted for the demands are bizarre, intrusive, and ultimately fatal."
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Bell, the ISBN: 0099470489 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099470489 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Discover Murdoch`s wonderful writing in this compelling story of a young woman and an unusual religious lay community. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to an enclosed order of nuns.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Bruno`s Dream ISBN: 0099285371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099285373 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation, lies at the center of an intricate spider`s web of relationships and passions: Bruno`s estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Bruno`s widowed son-in-law, consoling himself with the Adelaide the maid, one of Murdoch`s finest comic creations;
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Under the Net ISBN: 0140014454 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140014457 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1471.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuously dared to interpret. These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome. Jake, fascinated, longs to learn Hugo's secret. Perhaps Hugo's secret is Hugo himself? Admonished, enlightened, Jake hopes at last to become a real writer.
Автор: Murdoch Iris Название: Philosopher`s Pupil ISBN: 009928359X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099283591 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher`s old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
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