Record Number |
684815 |
ISBN |
0142180092 (pbk.) |
Author |
Murdoch, Iris |
Title |
Nuns and soldiers / Iris Murdoch ; introduction by Karen Armstrong. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Penguin Books, 2002. |
Pagination etc. |
xv, 492 p. ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Penguin twentieth-century classics |
Summary Note |
"Set in London and in the south of France, Nuns and Soldiers is the story of two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. An array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around the two women: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his emigre father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist; Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters."--BOOK JACKET. |
Subject |
Widows -- Fiction |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction |
Female friendship -- Fiction |
Ex-nuns -- Fiction |
Artists -- Fiction |
London (England) -- Fiction |
France, Southern -- Fiction |
Didactic fiction. |
Love stories. |
Shelf Location |
F MURD |
Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2002072563-b.html |
See Also |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2002072563-d.html |