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From Wikipedia: A Word Child charts the trials and tribulations of the title character, the "word child", Hilary Burde as he attempts to recover his soul from the misery of his troubled past. Filled in the usual Murdoch style with an array of colourful, fully rounded characters who people Hilary's world, the novel is a complex and thoughtful exploration of the possibility and meaning of redemption, the nature of human memory, and the possibility of love for the tarnished soul
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A Word Child, Iris Murdoch
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- 1975
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- Title
- A Word Child
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Iris Murdoch
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Released
- 1975
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 390
- ISBN10
- 067078236X
- ISBN13
- 9780670782369
- Series
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
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- From Wikipedia: A Word Child charts the trials and tribulations of the title character, the "word child", Hilary Burde as he attempts to recover his soul from the misery of his troubled past. Filled in the usual Murdoch style with an array of colourful, fully rounded characters who people Hilary's world, the novel is a complex and thoughtful exploration of the possibility and meaning of redemption, the nature of human memory, and the possibility of love for the tarnished soul