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An edition of A Severed Head
(1961)
A severed head.
by Iris Murdoch
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This edition was published in 1961 by Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus in New York.
Written in English
— 204 pages
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'.
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A severed head.
1961, Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus
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A Severed Head
January 1, 1961, Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
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The Severed Head (Acting Edition)
Publish date unknown, Samuel French Ltd
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A Severed Head
First published in 1961
Subjects
Man-woman relationships, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Places
London, Cambridge, Japan, United States, New YorkWork Description
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'.
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"first sentence"
Violence, except on the screen, is always pathetic, ludicrous, and beastly.
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"Stood out to me"
I am a severed head such as primitive tribes and old alchemists used to use, anointing it with oil and putting a morsel of gold upon its tongue to make it utter prophecies. And who knows but that long acquaintance with a severed head might not lead to strange knowledge.
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"First mention of severed head as in the title"
A severed head.
This edition was published in 1961 by Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus in New York.
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| December 9, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |