The Book and the Brotherhood - Couverture souple

Murdoch, Iris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140104704 ISBN 13 : 9780140104707

Editeur : Penguin Books, 1989

Synopsis

Book by Murdoch Iris

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A story about love and friendship and Marxism

Many years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends “commissioned” one of their number to write a political book.

Time passes and opinions change. “Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?” Rose Curtland asks. “The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,” Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement.

Tamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.

Quatrième de couverture :

'A thoroughly gripping, stimulating and challenging fiction' The Times

It's the midsummer ball at Oxford, and a group of men and women - friends since university days - have gathered under the stars. Included in this group is David Crimond, a genius and fervent Marxist. Years earlier the friends had persuaded David to write a philosophical and political book on their behalf. But opinions and loyalties have changed, and on this summer evening the long-resting ghosts of the past come careering back into the present.

See also: Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140104704
• ISBN 13: 9780140104707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 624