Iris Murdoch: A Life
- ISBN-10
- 000653175X
- ISBN-13
- 9780006531753
- Series
- Iris Murdoch
- Category
- Novelists, English
- Pages
- 706
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Peter J. Conradi
Description
Dame Iris Murdoch has played a major role in English life and letter for nearly half a century. As A.S. Byatt notes, she is absolutely central to our culture. As a novelist, as a thinker, and as a private individual, her life has significance for our age. There is a recognizable Murdoch world, and the adjective Murdochian has entered the language to describe situations where a small group of people interract intricately and strangely.
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