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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Iris Murdoch

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine By Iris Murdoch

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch


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Summary

A writer of detective fiction who has not recovered from the loss of his wife becomes involved in the life of a neighbor's family.

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Summary

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch

Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and--for the spectators at any rate--a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.

The Sacred and Profane Love Machine Reviews

"A novel of infinite variety and intelligence; the work of a novelist at the height of her powers."--Christopher Hudson

"[Iris Murdoch] remains a consummate and sensual scene-painter."--Michael Ratcliffe in The Times (London)

About Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.

Additional information

GOR001447124
9780140041118
0140041117
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
1976-10-28
368
Winner of Whitbread Prize (Novel) 1974 Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1974
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