An edition of El castillo de arena (1957)

The sandcastle

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An edition of El castillo de arena (1957)

The sandcastle

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  • 5 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

'Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century.' Peter Conradi, The GuardianThe 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 enchanted, 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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Publisher
Triad
Language
English
Pages
287

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Previews available in: English Spanish

Subjects

Fiction in English, Classic Literature, Fiction, Literature, Husbands, Man-woman relationships, Guilt, Educators, Women painters, Fiction, general, Teachers, Women artists, Dysfunctional families, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), May-December romances, Interpersonal relations, Middle-aged men

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Cover of: Sandcastle
Sandcastle
February 6, 2003, VINTAGE (RAND)
in English
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Cover of: El castillo de arena
El castillo de arena
June 30, 2002, Alianza (Buenos Aires, AR)
Paperback in Spanish - Translatio edition
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Cover of: The Sandcastle (The Collected Works of Iris Murdoch)
The Sandcastle (The Collected Works of Iris Murdoch)
November 22, 1984, Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
Hardcover
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Cover of: The sandcastle
The sandcastle
1979, Triad
in English
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Cover of: The Sandcastle
The Sandcastle
1969, Chatto and Windus
Hardcover
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The sandcastle: a novel.
1957, Viking Press
in English
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Originally published: London ; Chatto and Windus, 1957.

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St Albans

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Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1F

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Pagination
287p. ;
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15081728M
Internet Archive
sandcastle0000murd_k4v7
ISBN 10
0586049142
Library Thing
306069
Goodreads
6507860

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"'FIVE hundred guineas!' said Mor's wife."

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