Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. Among her many honours and awards are the CBE, the DBE, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and the Booker Prize. She died in 1999.
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. Among her many honours and awards are the CBE, the DBE, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and the Booker Prize. She died in 1999. See less
Murdoch book reviews
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The Black Prince
Murdock's Black Prince
"The Black Prince" is a thoughtful, difficult novel that explores the ambiguities of human character and the complex relationship between art and passion. Dame Iris Murdoch (1919 --1999) was both a ... Read More
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The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World
Dry But Informative
Adrian Murdoch, the author, is a journalist, not a historian. This book tries very hard to stay to the facts, but the author offers a lot of opinions -- about Julian, about the authors Julian has ... Read More
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The Sovereignty of Good
Murdoch's Ladder
by amlulu, Apr 30, 2009
This book collects three papers/lecutres that orginally were conceived/written between 1962 and 1969. When I first started reading Idea of Perfection, I struggled to find a foothold in Murdoch's ... Read More
