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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

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Mar 06, 1984 | ISBN 9780140041118

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Mar 06, 1984 | ISBN 9781101494257

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    About The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

    Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and—for the spectators at any rate—a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.

    About The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

    Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and—for the spectators at any rate—a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.

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    Also by Iris Murdoch

    The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head
    The Black Prince
    Nuns and Soldiers
    The Bell
    The Good Apprentice
    See all books by Iris Murdoch

    About Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne’s College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as… More about Iris Murdoch

    About Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne’s College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as… More about Iris Murdoch

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 06, 1984 | 368 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140041118

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 06, 1984 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781101494257
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    “A novel of infinite variety and intelligence; the work of a novelist at the height of her powers.”—Christopher Hudson

    “[Iris Murdoch] remains a consummate and sensual scene-painter.”—Michael Ratcliffe in The Times (London)

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