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Nuns and Soldiers

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by Iris Murdoch
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Availability:In StockContributor:Iris Murdoch, Karen Armstrong (Introduction by)Series:Penguin Twentieth-Century ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2002-07-30Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142180099ISBN-10:142180092UPC:9780142180099Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, ClassicsSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJSHQRGQ8
A dazzling meditation on love and honor, greed and generosity, passion and death, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea

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 includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142180099ISBN-10:142180092UPC:9780142180099Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, ClassicsSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJSHQRGQ8

Dame Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was one of the most acclaimed British writers of the twentieth century. Very prolific, she wrote twenty-six novels, four books of philosophy, five plays, a volume of poetry, a libretto, and numerous essays before developing Alzheimer's disease in the mid-1990s. Her novels have won many prizes: the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Black Prince, the Whitbread Literary Award for Fiction for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, and the Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea. She herself was also the recipient of many esteemed awards: Dame of the Order of the British Empire, the Royal Society of Literature's Companion of Literature award, and the National Arts Club's (New York) Medal of Honor for Literature. In 2008, she was named one of the Times' (London) 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Karen Armstrong's books include The Battle for God, A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths; and In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis. A former Roman Catholic nun, she teaches at Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and received the 1999 Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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Iris Murdoch, Karen Armstrong (Introduction by)

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Iris Murdoch

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