The Sea, the Sea

By Iris Murdoch

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Sea, the Sea is a 1978 novel by Iris Murdoch, winner of the Booker Prize. Charles Arrowby, a retired theater director, withdraws to a house by the sea to write his memoirs. When he encounters his first love, now married, his obsession disrupts everyone around him.

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• Stephen King: “The Sea, the Sea, by Iris Murdoch. But what the hell, I stand by these.”