The Iris Trilogy Iris, , Iris and the Friends , Widower's House
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The Iris Trilogy Iris, , Iris and the Friends , Widower's House by John Bayley
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 (Bayley courted Iris on account of her unchallenging plain looks and their first date consisted of a revolting dinner followed by a disastrous dance when Iris sprained her ankle) 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. As Bayley charts the gradual dissolution of Iris's remarkable intellect side by side with the detail of their gloriously eccentric and profoundly satisfying life together, what emerges is the complex portrait of an enigmatic and brilliant woman and of a marriage of quite extraordinary, unforced happiness, and an insight into the mysterious symbolism of Iris Murdoch's novels.
*This is the greatest love story of our ageIncomparable' OBSERVER**'A beautiful testament of love' IRISH TIMES *'A unique glimpse into the alchemy of marriage . a work of art' Victoria Glendinning, D. TEL.*'Love has everything & nothing to do with it. John Bayley has set the gold standard for a debased currency; changed the meaning of the word' GUARDIAN 'Exquisite . an extraordinary love story' S. TIMES
John Bayley is the author of three novels. He was Warton Professor of English at Oxford and is a fellow of St. Catherine's College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349117195 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349117195 |
| Title | The Iris Trilogy Iris, , Iris and the Friends , Widower's House |
| Author | John Bayley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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