An Accidental Man

Informationen zum Autor Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature. Klappentext This is the story of the comic, relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man. In this role we meet Dorina, Austin's estranged wife, Mitzi, his alcoholic landlady, and a selection of other women who involve themselves in Austin's fate, with hilarious and appalling results. Zusammenfassung This is the story of the comic, relentless struggle for survival of Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man. In this role we meet Dorina, Austin's estranged wife, Mitzi, his alcoholic landlady, and a selection of other women who involve themselves in Austin's fate, with hilarious and appalling results.

Product details

• Authors: Iris Murdoch
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2003
• EAN: 9780099433569
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943356-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, FICTION / Literary, 20th Century, Classic fiction, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary