Italian Girl

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-11-02
Mått:130 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:130 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Vintage Publishing
ISBN:9780099285236

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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 in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

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She was always in the front rank of unpredictable, original, serious writers exploring the deeper themes of ancient as well as contemporary experience