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Maria Popova, thoughtful and reflective as always, writes of Iris Murdoch‘s ideas about the connection between literature and art. Have not read Murdoch in ages!
I read A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch last autumn. The November gloom and chilly intellectualism of this book fits perfectly with that season, so I might read it again when the leaves fall 🍂
#litsyreads #irismurdoch #aseveredhead
July brings flowers, poetic summer gloom and long evenings with a pile of books. What are you reading this month?
#litsy #summerreads #irismurdoch #literaryfiction
This month I‘m reading my first Iris Murdoch novel, ‘The Black Prince‘. Murdoch wrote nearly a book every 18 months over four decades. In her writing she took on the most profound moral questions. The battle between good & evil, the possibility of faith & the death of God, the delightful & also destructive urges of erotic desire, intellectual obsession, & ultimately artistic creativity. Quite the literary feat!
#irismurdoch #theblackprince
so-soOh dear. After a promising start, this proved a bit of a disappointment. There were some hallmarks of classic Murdoch: intellectuals stricken with doubt and emotionally dislocated young women, but somehow it never really worked, and all too often it was simply downright unpleasant. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1272539.The_Time_of_the_Angels. #irismurdoch #thetimeoftheangels #philosophy #modernliterature #fiction
What better way to celebrate the advent of British Summer Time in North Finchley than revisiting Iris Murdoch. #irismurdoch #thetimeoftheangels #northfinchley #n12 #book #books #bookstagram #currentlyreading #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #literaryfiction #philosophy #contemporaryfiction #ideas #literature #twentiethcenturyfiction
Easing into another weekend on The Hill with a classy book (and even classier bookmark 😄). Somehow I don‘t seem to have read this one yet. I thought I had read all her novels #irismurdoch #thetimeoftheangels #muswellhill #n10 #muswellhillbilly #cotebrasseriemuswellhill #book #books #currentlyreading #surestart #booksamdcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #muswellhillsaturday #bookmark
Taking refuge from the sleet besetting The Hill. #cotebrasserie #muswellhill #muswellhillbilly #n10 #irismurdoch #anwilson #irismurdochasiknewher #books #bookstagram #currentlyreading #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #philosophy #biography #sundaybreakfast #breakfast
pickA marvellous and thoughtful novel from one of the great philosophical writers of the twentieth century. Read my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12747.The_Book_and_the_Brotherhood. #irismurdoch #thebookandthebrotherhood #fiction #politics #contemporaryfiction #philosophy #modernliterature #britishfiction #britishliterature
Greatly enjoying re-reading this novel some thirty years in from the first time. #irismurdoch #thebookandthebrotherhood #fiction #novel #regencycafe #modernfiction #philosophy #contemporaryfiction #literature #modernliterature #modernclassic #iris #contemporaryliterature
