murdoch iris a word child
Murdoch Iris A Word Child
Iris Murdoch conjures a murky London setting for a story of a brilliant and flawed man hoping for redemption Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. When the man whom he has harmed and betrayed reappears as head of his department, Hilary hopes for forgiveness, even for redemption and a new life, but finds himself haunted by a ghostly repetition.
2623 Руб.
Murdoch Iris A Severed Head
A complicated and comic story of dangerous love affairs Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. How will he survive it?
2660 Руб.
Amis M. Inside Story
So begins a love letter to life, a resuscitation of sorts, encountering vibrant characters from Saul Bellow, to Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated Amis' twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps.
818 Руб.
Amis M. Inside Story
So begins a love letter to life, a resuscitation of sorts, encountering vibrant characters from Saul Bellow, to Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated Amis' twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps.
818 Руб.
Murdoch Iris A Fairly Honourable Defeat
In this 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.
2623 Руб.
Murdoch Iris Sartre
Iris Murdoch's unique study of one of the 20th century's foremost thinkers Sartre's powerful political passions were united with a memorable literary gift, placing him foremost among the novelists, as well as the philosophers, of our time. Iris Murdoch's pioneering study analyses and evaluates the different strands of Sartre's rich and complex oeurve. Combining the objectivity of the scholar with a profound interest in contemporary problems, Iris Murdoch discusses the tradition of philosophical, political and aesthetic thought that gives historical authenticity to Satre's achievement, while showing the ambiguities and dangers inherent in his position.
2865 Руб.
Murdoch Iris Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
'Iris Murdoch has written a book which concerns all of us as human beings. There are pages here that one wants to embrace her for, pages that say things of fundamental human importance in a way that they have never quite been said before' Sunday Telegraph The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? Here, drawing on a novelists insight into art, literature and psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians - from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to Derrida - to provide fresh and compelling answers to these crucial questions.
3145 Руб.
My First Little Christmas Library (6-mini book set)
A specially-designed book-shaped box with magnetic closure, which contains six individual chunky board books. My First Little Christmas Library makes the perfect gift for any young child learning to read. With a theme for each book, a word on each page and an image to represent each word, there are over 50 new concepts to discover together.
1072 Руб.
Everyday Words in Arabic - flashcards (арабский)
Everyday Words in Arabic Flashcards are a great way to help your child learn simple vocabulary. There are 50 cards, each with a word and picture on one side, and the same word, alone, on the other. You can use the cards to play games, for self testing, or just prop them up around the house or classroom as a reminder.
1096 Руб.
Everyday Words in English flashcards (английский)
Everyday Words in English Flashcards are a great way to help your child learn simple vocabulary. There are 50 cards, each with a word and picture on one side, and the same word, alone, on the other. You can use the cards to play games, for self testing, or just prop them up around the house or classroom as a reminder.
1671 Руб.
Everyday Words in French - flashcards (французский)
Everyday Words in French Flashcards are a great way to help your child learn simple vocabulary. There are 50 cards, each with a word and picture on one side, and the same word, alone, on the other. You can use the cards to play games, for self testing, or just prop them up around the house or classroom as a reminder.
1096 Руб.
Everyday Words Spanish Flashcards
Everyday Words Spanish Flashcards are a great way to help your child learn simple Spanish vocabulary. There are 50 cards, each with a word and picture on one side, and the same word, alone, on the other. You can use the cards to play games, for self testing, or just prop them up around the house or classroom as a reminder.
616 Руб.
Murdoch Iris The Unicorn
Iris Murdoch's witty, atmospheric subversion of the Victorian Gothic novel WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALF When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries. What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding spell? And is her employer Hannah an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a lunatic, or a witch?
2300 Руб.
Murdoch Iris The Sandcastle
A married schoolmaster and young painter must choose between love, duty and ambition - Murdoch at her very best. The 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 and a different dream of life. 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?
3335 Руб.
Murdoch Iris The Bell
Discover Murdoch’s wonderful writing in this compelling story of a young woman and an unusual religious lay community. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disastrous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean... Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil and the terrible accidents of human frailty.
2660 Руб.
Murdoch Iris The Sandcastle
'It's all dry sand running through the fingers.' When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But what love could survive all that violence?
3671 Руб.