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A story about love and friendship and Marxism Many years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends “commissioned” one of their number to write a political book. Time passes and opinions change. “Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?” Rose Curtland asks. “The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,” Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. Tamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.
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The Book and the Brotherhood, Iris Murdoch
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- The Book and the Brotherhood
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Iris Murdoch
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN10
- 0140104704
- ISBN13
- 9780140104707
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Psychological Topics, Mystery Novels, Philosophical Topics, Music Theme, Love, Philosophy, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Friendship, Relationships, Wars, 20th century, School, British Literature, Death, Realistic Fiction, England, Feminism, Historical Romance, Literary Fiction, English Literature, Comedies, Coming Of Age, Marriage, Espionage, Political Theories, Victorian Era, Aging, Dutch
- Description
- A story about love and friendship and Marxism Many years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends “commissioned” one of their number to write a political book. Time passes and opinions change. “Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?” Rose Curtland asks. “The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,” Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. Tamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.