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The Iris Trilogy

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This volume brings together John Bayley's books dedicated to the memory of his wife, Iris Murdoch. Bayley's account of his long and loving marriage to the great novelist Iris takes us from their love affair's comical beginnings in Oxford in the early 50s through its slow and painful closure when Iris developed Alzheimer's 40 years later, to a searching analysis of the condition of bereavement and how he built a life for himself after Iris's death.

Language: English

Pages: 672

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Time Warner Books UK

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN: 0349117195

ISBN 13: 9780349117195

The Iris Trilogy

4.1/5 ( ratings)

This volume brings together John Bayley's books dedicated to the memory of his wife, Iris Murdoch. Bayley's account of his long and loving marriage to the great novelist Iris takes us from their love affair's comical beginnings in Oxford in the early 50s through its slow and painful closure when Iris developed Alzheimer's 40 years later, to a searching analysis of the condition of bereavement and how he built a life for himself after Iris's death.

Language: English

Pages: 672

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Time Warner Books UK

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN: 0349117195

ISBN 13: 9780349117195

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