The Magus

Informationen zum Autor John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector , his first published title, in 1963. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos , The Magus , The French Lieutenant's Woman , The Ebony Tower , Daniel Martin , Mantissa , and A Maggot . John Fowles died in Lyme Regis in 2005. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published; the first in 2003, the second in 2006. Klappentext 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. 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: John Fowles, Fowles John
• Assisted by: John Fowles (Afterword), Fowles John (Afterword)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.11.2004
• EAN: 9780099478355
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947835-5
• No. of pages: 672
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fantasy, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, Magical Realism, Greek Islands, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary