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A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.
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Волхв, John Fowles, Джон Фаулз, Борис Кузьминский
- Language
- Released
- 2010
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Волхв
- Language
- Russian
- Authors
- John Fowles, Джон Фаулз, Борис Кузьминский
- Publisher
- Eksmo
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 797
- ISBN10
- 5699446958
- ISBN13
- 9785699446957
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery Novels, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Horror, 20th century, Literary Fiction, British Literature, Magical Realism, Greece, 1960s
- Description
- A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.