Murdoch (Iris, not Rupert)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Thanks, Mark and Johnny. 

LK

-----Original Message-----
>From: Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com>

>
>I liked The Sea, The Sea, which was a mercifully easy read given her
>reputation as occasionally difficult (not having read any of her other
>works, perhaps the reason it won the Booker Prize was for its greater
>accessibility). The one caveat I would add is that it contains a lot of
>characters from the luvvie/fop archetype,which puts off a lot of readers
>from the outset - although personally I didn't think they were too
>irritating.
>
>On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Under the Net, her first---although she wrote 5 (five) before that that she
>> never had published, is quite philosophical.....in fact, most are, of
>> course, no surprise.....'under the net of language"
>> undsoforthem......character based loosely on Ludwig W., another on Simone
>> Weil notions re poor and commitment.....
>>
>> Most consider "A Severed Head" her most-together, most typical early
>> work...human themes of passion, obsession, love ....think on title...
>>
>> first heard of her from a philo prof who said The Sandcastle is a novel
>> embodying (Sartre's?) existentialism....Ok...and more.
>>
>> The Flight from the Enchanter.....obsession....the enchanter in real life
>> was the guy who wrote Crowds and Power....
>>
>> I was reading The Bell when my son was born.....so, a fave.... about the
>> tower, everywhere and belief and living without.....(I later learned it was
>> one her husband, John Bayley, wrote some of...)
>>
>> The Black Prince...Hamlet echoes and more....(never got to, but I wanted to
>> from publication)
>>
>> "The Sea, the Sea" is often considered her best later work.....booker
>> prize, I believe.....(I did not read this one either).....but for some
>> lyrical excerpts
>>
>> A Word Child and Bruno's Dream are wonderfully rich, playful later
>> works....language, art and artists, and more
>>
>> AND you HAVE TO read some of her 'philosophy'...her writing on writers.....
>> I humbly suggest.......
>>
>> --- On Fri, 1/29/10, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com>
>> > Subject: Murdoch (Iris, not Rupert)
>> > To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> > Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:41 AM
>> > Haven't read her.  Which book do
>> > people recommend?
>> >
>> > Laura
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