Murdoch

Marian Taylor, who has come as a "companion" to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband. Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a mad woman, or a witch? Is her spiritual life really some evil enchantment? If she is forcibly liberated will she die? The ordinary, sensible people survive, and are never sure whether they have understood.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

A story about being in love, "The Black Prince" is also a remarkable intellectual thriller with a superbly involved plot, and a meditation on the nature of art and love and the deity who rules over both. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a "block". Encompassed by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother and a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, together with Baffin`s restless wife and youthful daughter - Bradley attempts escape. His failure and its aftermath lead to a violent climax; and to a coda which casts a shifting perspective on all that has gone before.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

Iris Murdoch`s first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man, who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. A meeting with Anna, and old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language. Robust, full of flavour and panache, here is a rare novel that makes one laugh and think in equal measure

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works.Polish exile and imaginary soldier, the `Count` watches over Gertrude with loving patience. An accomplished scrounger and failed painter, Tim is a different sort of soldier. He plans, with his eccentric mistress Daisy, to live off rich friends. Who will judge whom in this rich and riveting story? Who will act nobly, and who will act basely? Who will be lucky?

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004