The Magus

Informationen zum Autor John Fowles Klappentext WITH AN AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR '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 On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, The Magus is a feast for the mind and the senses. Zusammenfassung Read John Fowles’s feisty, clever, cunning and compelling novel with an unusual twist. On a remote Greek island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities.

Product details

• Authors: Fowles John, John Fowles
• Assisted by: Fowles John (Afterword), John Fowles (Afterword)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.11.2004
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780099478355
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947835-5
• Pages: 672
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 3.4 cm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Fantasy, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, Magical Realism, Greek Islands, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary