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Iris Murdoch, Avril Homer: Living on Paper by Murdoch, Iris; Horner, Avril; Rowe, Anne is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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For the first time, novelist Iris Murdoch's life in her own words, from girlhood to her last yearsIris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values. But what has been missing from biographical accounts has been Murdoch's own voice—her life in her own words. Living on Paper—the first major collection of Murdoch's most compelling and interesting personal letters—gives, for the first time, a rounded self-portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. With more than 760 letters, fewer than forty of which have been published before, the book provides a unique chronicle of Murdoch's life from her days as a schoolgirl to her last years. The result is the most important book about Murdoch in more than a decade.The letters show a great mind at work—struggling with philosophical problems, trying to bring a difficult novel together, exploring spirituality, and responding pointedly to world events. They also reveal her personal life, the subject of much speculation, in all its complexity, especially in letters to lovers or close friends, such as the writers Brigid Brophy, Elias Canetti, an

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Author
Murdoch, Iris; Horner, Avril; Rowe, Anne
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400880300
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Collections, Memoir, Literary Fiction
Updated
2026-03-24

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