The Sea, the Sea
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| Author | Iris Murdoch |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 502 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0670626511 |
The Sea, the Sea is a novel by Iris Murdoch. It won the Booker Prize in 1978.
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The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguises they present to the world.
| Preceded by Staying On |
Man Booker Prize recipient 1978 |
Succeeded by Offshore |
