Iris Murdoch: A Life
Peter J. Conradi
512 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0393048756
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Language: English
Publish: 978336000000
BiographyBiography MemoirBritish LiteratureFemale AuthorsHistoryNonfictionPhilosophyPoliticsPsychologyReligion
Drawing on hundreds of interviews, letters, and diaries, an authorized biography of the critically acclaimed philosopher and novelist traces her personal life and literary and philosophical career, from her student days at Oxford, through her marriage to John Bayley, to Murdoch’s remarkable influence on literary England, from 1940 to the present day.