Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch. John Bayley - Softcover

John Bayley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715643258 ISBN 13: 9780715643259

Publisher: Duckworth Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

If there was ever a marriage made in heaven, it was that of Dame Iris Murdoch, philosopher and novelist, and John Bayley, Professor of English, literary critic and novelist. Their life together was cruelly interrupted as Iris began, in her own words, 'sailing into the darkness' of Alzheimer's disease. In this frank and moving memoir, written before Iris's death, John Bayley recalls their marriage and describes how they coped after the onset of Alzheimer's in 1994.

About this title

About the Author:

John Bayley is the author of Alice, The Queer Captain, George s Lair and The Red Hat. In addition to Iris he has published two other memoirs with Duckworth, Iris & Friends and Widower s House. He was the Warton Professor of English at the University of Oxford and is a fellow of St Catherine s College.

Review:

This is the greatest love story of our age. Incomparable * Observer * Love has everything and nothing to do with it. John Bayley has set the gold standard for a debased currency; changed the meaning of the word * Guardian *

About this edition

• Publisher: Duckworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0715643258
• ISBN 13: 9780715643259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294