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by John Bayley
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by Iris Murdoch
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"I was living in a fairy story - the kind with sinister overtones and not always a happy ending - in which a young man loves a beautiful maiden who returns his love but is always disappearing into some unknown and mysterious world, about which she will reveal nothing."
"I was living in a fairy story - the kind with sinister overtones and not always a happy ending - in which a young man loves a beautiful maiden who returns his love but is always disappearing into some unknown and mysterious world, about which she will reveal nothing."
So John Bayley describes his life with his wife, Iris Murdoch, one of the greatest contemporary writers in the English-speaking world, revered for her works of philosophy and beloved for her incandescent novels.
In Elegy for Iris, Bayley attempts to uncover the real Iris, whose mysterious world took on darker shades as she descended into Alzheimer's disease. Elegy for Iris is a joyous memoir about the beauty of youth and of aging, and a celebration of a brilliant life and an undying love.
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"In its evocation of the lyrical, the comic and the tragic, this splendid book enlarges our imagination of the range and possibilities of love." --Mary Gordon, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Here is love heroic, love that doesn't hedge, love for which there are no ready outs, love that feels as inevitable as breathing, and the result is stunning." --Abraham Verghese, THE LOS ANGELES TIME BOOK REVIEW
"Beautiful and heartbreaking. Full of spirit, generous and resilient." --Gail Caldwell, THE BOSTON GLOBE
"Magnificently, hauntingly humane." --Michael Pakenham, THE BALTIMORE SUN
"A beautifully rendered portrait.... Elegy for Iris celebrates the victory of life--and love." --Wendell Brock, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"A heart-melting love story and an erudite inquiry into the nature of personality, memory, and invention. Wise and full of grace." --Shelby Hearon, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Heartfelt and admirably unsentimental....a testament to a love that has endured and transcended the most terrifying ravages of illness and old age." -Francine Prose, ELLE
"Dame Iris Murdoch's like will not be seen again. Elegy for Iris serves as a memorial to her person." -Fay Weldon, TIME
"In Elegy for Iris, I find shared lives, and hurts and forgivenesses, and joys that are greatest because nobody else knows them." --Dan Rather
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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