The Magus by John Fowles

The Magus by John Fowles

At Villa Bourani, the host is charming and the stories are irresistible, but nothing is offered without a price.

WITH AN AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR

Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman adrift after Oxford and a failed love affair, takes a teaching post on the Greek island of Phraxos. What begins as escape soon becomes a far more unsettling encounter.

At Bourani, a villa on the island, Nicholas meets Maurice Conchis, a cultivated and enigmatic recluse. Through stories, performances, seductions and staged mysteries, Conchis draws him into a psychological ordeal in which reality and illusion are almost impossible to separate.

The island gives Nicholas the drama he has been half-wishing for, then strips away the safety of being merely amused by it. In Fowles’s hands, this literary mystery becomes a disturbing study of performance, desire and the stories people tell in order to avoid themselves.

'A major work of mounting tensions in which the human mind is the guinea-pig... Mr Fowles has taken a big swing at a difficult subject and his hits are on the bull's eye' Sunday Times

A major work of mounting tensions in which the human mind is the guinea-pig.. Mr Fowles has taken a big swing at a difficult subject and his hits are on the bull's eye * Sunday Telegraph *
One of those that's best read as a teenager, but once read you'll never forget it -- Katy Guest * Independent *

John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 1963. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot. John Fowles died in Lyme Regis in 2005. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published; the first in 2003, the second in 2006. John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 1963. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot. John Fowles died in Lyme Regis in 2005. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published; the first in 2003, the second in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9780099478355
ISBN 10	0099478358
Title	The Magus
Author	John Fowles
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2004-11-04
Number of pages	720
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