Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
by Iris Murdoch | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140014454 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140014454 Global Overview for this book
Registered by spike1972 of Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on 12/31/2004
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This is a book given to me for Christmas, and as I don't know much about it yet, for the time being at least it joins Mt TBR.
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In Iris Murdoch's 1954 debut novel, Jake Donaghue is an engaging young writer. In his overintellectualized angst, Jake details a convoluted romantic impossibility--he loves Anna, who loves Hugo, who loves Sadie, who loves Jake. His betrayal of his best friend's trust, his emotional indifference in most of his relationships, and his failed first book eventually leave Jake in existential hell. Samuel West's performance is nicely understated. His intelligent reading turns Jake and Hugo's somber discussions of philosophy and metaphysics into exercises in wit. Jake offers that everything "is made up of moments, which pass and become nothing." West delivers Jake's discoveries, not as grim, but as the ramblings of a young artist in search of himself. Murdoch fans will be pleased. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine.
Product Description:
Iris Murdoch’s first novel is a gem -- set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a likable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures.
My current read (in fact it has been for a good week or more and I'm not far from finishing it).
Journal Entry 3 by spike1972 at Coffee#1 Wood Street in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (6/28/2011 UTC) at Coffee#1 Wood Street in Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom
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Left on the shelf at the back.