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A Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

First published 1961

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Martin Lynch-Gibbon believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly.

Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, 'this is nothing to do with happiness'.

Source: Open Library

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Book information

Author
Iris Murdoch
First published
1961
Edition
Een Afgehouwen Hoofd
Publisher
Em. Querido's Uitgeverij
Language
DUT
ISBN-13
9789021494357