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Elegy for Iris

By John Bayley

Book information

Publisher
Picador
Year
1999
ISBN
0312253826, 9780312253820
LCC
PR6063.U7 Z583 2000
Open Library ID
OL47788M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3073087 bytes)
Pages
292\292
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

With remarkable tenderness, John Bayley recreates his passionate love affair with Iris Murdoch--world-renowned writer and philosopher, and his wife of forty-two years--and poignantly describes the dimming of her brilliance due to Alzheimer's disease. Elegy for Iris is a story about the ephemeral beauty of youth and the sobering reality of what it means to grow old, but its ultimate power is that Bayley discovers great hope and joy in his celebration of Iris's life and their love. In its grasp of life's frailty and its portrayal of one of the great literary romances of this century, Elegy for Iris is a mesmerizing work of art that will be read for generations.

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