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Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all those who read her work, is that Good transcends everything - even God. Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of Good and Bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found here. Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what is right to do rather than what is good to be, and that only restoring the notion of 'vision' to moral thinking can this distortion be corrected. This brilliant work shows why Iris Murdoch remains essential reading: a vivid and uncompromising style, a commitment to foreful argument, and a courage to go against the grain. The Sovereignty of Good is masterfully narrated by Daisy-May Parsons. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Iris Murdoch (Author), Daisy-May Parsons (Narrator)
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La obra cumbre de la autora, ganadora del premio Booker. «Una de las obras maestras de la literatura inglesa del siglo xx a la vez que una de las novelas más profundamente divertidas que jamás se hayan publicado.» Rodrigo Fresán, El País 2019 - Centenario del nacimiento de Iris Murdoch. Tras muchos años de trabajo y muchas sábanas revueltas en el ejercicio de amores desganados, el gran Charles Arrowby, famoso dramaturgo, director y figura destacada de las tablas londinenses, decide retirarse de las candilejas para ir a un apartado rincón de la costa británica y escribir sus memorias. Al tiempo que huye de una tormentosa vida sentimental, el hombre se empeña en revivir su primera pasión amorosa por una mujer que la vida ha convertido en un ama de casa escuálida, mientras la presencia insomne del mar le devuelve todas sus obsesiones, los espectros del pasado, los fantasmas de sus errores y la angustia de un futuro cansado. Merecedora en 1978 del Premio Booker, El mar, el mar constituye un punto álgido en la madurez narrativa de su autora, cuya prosa hipnótica nos envuelve aquí en un incesante torrente de imágenes, historias, personajes y reflexiones que resuenan en la mente del lector como el rumor del oleaje al anochecer. La crítica ha dicho... «Hay novelas que rompen, de manera radical, con el género, que lo dinamitan, lo agrandan y lo hacen permanente a lo largo de los años. Qué pocas son. Qué inmenso y profundo asombro provocan en el lector. El mar, el mar es una de ellas; una obra maestra sin más adjetivos.» Fernando R. Lafuente, ABCultural «Una autora imprescindible y una historia muy conmovedora. El mar como testigo y protagonista. Vale mucho la pena acercarse a este libro.» Javier Bayo (librero en la Cuesta de Moyano) «Iris Murdoch tiene hoy más vigencia que nunca porque sus temas son universales: el bien y su vulnerabilidad, el amor en todas sus facetas y etapas, y el poder del amor y del arte para reemplazarlo, la presencia ominosa del pasado en nuestras vidas. Pero su mirada es la nuestra, su modernidad está en su humor, su inteligencia y su filantropía, que la vuelven irresistible.» Manuel Llorente, La Esfera de Papel de El Mundo «Con la absolutamente innecesaria excusa del centenario de su autora, aquí vuelve a nuestras playas una de las obras capitales -que jamás debería estar descatalogada- de quien mejor ha sabido 'novelizar' el genio de Shakespeare así como de una de las mujeres mejor dotadas para crear la voz protagónica de un hombre.» Rodrigo Fresán «Peregrinos de la lectura, perdidos en el árido desierto de las malas novelas: venid a Iris Murdoch.» Andrés Ibáñez, ABCultural «Todos estos libros [...] comparten una manifiesta ambición y entraña literaria, por no decir un incendio, [...] y componen el ciclo de madurez literaria de Murdoch, que vuelve al presente impulsada por vigencia filosófica y estética de su narrativa.» Karina Sainz Borgo, Vozpópuli «Leerla supone entrar en contacto con un mundo intelectual de preocupaciones teóricas y prácticas, narrativas y éticas, que resulta extraordinariamente seductor.» Álvaro Pombo «Los libros de Iris Murdoch han constituido para mí una provisión impagable de diversión, de dicha, de conocimiento moral.» Ignacio Echevarría, El Cultural «¿Acaso hay algún novelista inglés vivo que posea la exuberancia y el pulso narrativo que tiene Murdoch?» Harold Bloom «Iris Murdoch es la más importante escritora inglesa de nuestro tiempo.» A. S. Byatt
Iris Murdoch (Author), Vicente Gil (Narrator)
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Una novela divertida y profunda a un tiempo, y con un elemento de suspense que explora con maestría los temas que desde siempre han preocupado a la autora: el amor, la amistad y la perversa frontera que separa el bien y el mal. El eco de un tiro en los despachos de Whitehall, el complejo administrativo que el gobierno inglés posee en el centro de Londres, no anuncia tan solo la extraña muerte de un alto funcionario, sino también el principio de una sutil intriga. Kate y Octavian, jefe del departamento donde trabajaba el difunto, forman un matrimonio aparentemente feliz que alberga en su casa de Dorset a un extravagante grupo de personajes: un excéntrico tío que abandonó la India bajo sospecha, un atormentado amigo superviviente de Dachau, el abogado responsable del caso y amante platónico de Kate, hijos de distintos matrimonios, conocidos, visitantes ocasionales... Y todos ellos relacionados de un modo u otro con el muerto en una deliciosa comedia de errores, donde las sonrisas esconden a menudo pecados de mucha hondura. Reseña: «Un originalísimo mundo novelístico de una interminable seducción.» El País
Iris Murdoch (Author), Elsa Veiga (Narrator)
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Iris Murdoch: The Sea, The Sea, A Severed Head & Something Special: A BBC Radio Collection
Full-cast dramatisations and a reading of works by Iris Murdoch, plus a bonus interview with the author herself Booker Prize-winning author Iris Murdoch is renowned for her sublime fiction, exploring themes such as art, passion, morality and human freedom. Included in this collection are adaptations of two of her finest novels and a reading of her only published short story, as well as an edition of Writers Revealed in which Murdoch discusses her ideas and beliefs. The Sea, The Sea Charles Arrowby, celebrated actor, writer and director, has retired from his London world and come to the sea to become a hermit and draft his memoirs. But the past will not let him rest... This dramatisation of Murdoch's most famous novel, which won the Booker Prize in 1978, stars John Wood as Charles and Joyce Redman as Hartley. A Severed Head When Martin Lynch-Gibbon's wife runs off with her analyst and his best friend, Palmer Anderson, the three characters attempt to behave in a civilised manner. But there is the matter of Martin's mistress and Palmer's sister to contend with - and undoubtedly the thin veneer of civilisation will crack... Iris Murdoch's blackly comic satire on analysis and amorality stars Julian Rhind-Tutt, Victoria Hamilton and Matthew Marsh. Something Special Young Irishwoman Yvonne passionately believes that there is more to life than marriage to Sam, a respectable tailor's apprentice. But a night out in Dublin forces her to confront reality... Read by Catherine Cusack. Writers Revisited: Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch talks about faith, religion and the creative process in conversation with Rosemary Hartill.
Iris Murdoch (Author), Catherine Cusack, John Wood, Joyce Redman, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Victoria Hamilton (Narrator)
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The Sandcastle: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
Brought to you by Penguin. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. ‘It’s all dry sand running through the fingers.’ When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But what love could survive all that violence? (C) Iris Murdoch 1957 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Iris Murdoch (Author), Juliet Aubrey (Narrator)
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The Sea, The Sea: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
Brought to you by Penguin. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. ‘I saw a monster rising from the waves.' Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely, younger self crowd in – along with more recent lovers and friends – to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of 'learning to be good', Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 1978. © Iris Murdoch 1978 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Iris Murdoch (Author), Richard E. Grant (Narrator)
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
Brought to you by Penguin. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels ‘I feel there are demons around.’ Everyone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long-married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda’s tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan’s abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He’s thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention. (C) Iris Murdoch 1975 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Iris Murdoch (Author), Adam James (Narrator)
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The Black Prince: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
Brought to you by Penguin. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. ‘Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.’ Ex-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece. But the doorbell and the phone keep ringing, and every ring brings with it an ex-wife, a friend in need, a sister in trouble or a young woman seeking a teacher, and so dusty, selfish Bradley is plunged into the muddles and mysteries which will end in his doom. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1973. © Iris Murdoch 1973 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Iris Murdoch (Author), Anthony Howell (Narrator)
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Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core.
Iris Murdoch (Author), Kimberly Farr, Simon Vance (Narrator)
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A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disastrous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean... Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil and the terrible accidents of human frailty.
Iris Murdoch (Author), Miriam Margolyes, Miriam Margoyles (Narrator)
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Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.
Iris Murdoch (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)
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