The Sandcastle
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Very good condition. (Dust jacket in Good condition).Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/8" (19cm x 13cm).
Synopsis
'Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century.' Peter Conradi, The GuardianThe 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. 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?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A33
- Title
- The Sandcastle
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, quarter bound in cream, with wine boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 286
- Weight
- 0.66 lbs
- Keywords
- Iris Murdoch, fiction, 20th century writers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....