Nuns and Soldiers

Name: Nuns and Soldiers
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ISBN: 9780140061437

ISBN-10: 0140061436

ISBN-13: 9780140061437

Edition: N/A

Authors: Iris Murdoch

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Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation, guilt and joy. This edition of "Nuns and Soldiers"…

Book details

List price: $6.95
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/25/1982
Binding: Paperback
Size: 7.00" wide x 5.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Iris Murdoch was one of the twentieth century's most prominent novelists, winner of the Booker Prize for The Sea. She died in 1999.