The Sea, the Sea
#741 of 8,085 books · #439 in Fiction
Won the Booker Prize (1978).
The Sea, the Sea won the Booker Prize. Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors—some real, some spectral—that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- ISBN-13
- 9781101495650
- Genre
- Topics
- Obsession and memoryEgo and self-delusionLove and jealousy
Awards
- The Booker PrizeWonMajor(1978)
Other awarded books from Iris Murdoch
- The Black Prince (1989)1 win · 16 score
- Bruno's Dream (2011)0 wins · 4 score
- The Book and the Brotherhood (2010)0 wins · 4 score
- The Good Apprentice (2010)0 wins · 4 score
- The Nice and the Good (2009)0 wins · 4 score
- The Philosopher's Pupil (2010)0 wins · 4 score
- A Fairly Honourable Defeat (2008)0 wins · 2 score
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