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020 _a9780099284093
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_beng
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082 0 _a823
100 1 _91167
_aMurdoch, Iris
245 1 0 _aThe sea, the sea /
_cIris Murdoch ; with an introduction of John Burnside.
260 _aLondon :
_bVintage,
_c1999.
300 _a502 p. ;
_c20 cm.
520 _aWhen Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
586 _aWinner of The Booker Prize.
650 0 _91168
_aSolitude
_vFiction
942 _2ddc
_cBK