The Sandcastle
by Iris Murdoch
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'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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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 menShowing 6 featured editions. View all 39 editions?
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El castillo de arena
June 30, 2002, Alianza (Buenos Aires, AR)
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in Spanish
- Translatio edition
8420644587 9788420644585
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The Sandcastle (The Collected Works of Iris Murdoch)
November 22, 1984, Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
Hardcover
0701128305 9780701128302
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"'FIVE hundred guineas!' said Mor's wife."
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