A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Iris Murdoch
An exploration of love and its excesses, missteps, and modest triumphs, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea In a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Iris MurdochPublisher: Penguin GroupPublished: 03/01/2001ISBN: 9780141186177Pages: 432Weight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.68h x 5.24w x 0.99d
Book Title
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
ISBN
9780141186177
An exploration of love and its excesses, missteps, and modest triumphs, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea In a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141186177
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.24w x 0.99d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141186177
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.24w x 0.99d
An exploration of love and its excesses, missteps, and modest triumphs, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea In a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141186177
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.24w x 0.99d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/01/2001
ISBN: 9780141186177
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.24w x 0.99d