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The Sea, the Sea
by Iris Murdoch
Murdoch could have named her book "The Director Retires" or "The Loves of Charles Arrowby". But she didn't. She called it "The Sea, the Sea." And, indeed, the sea feels like a character. It is always there, by Charles' little house, and it is always described in his journal so explicitly that it feels you can see it. Maybe it's because the location is somewhat remote and so nature becauses a companion. (Maybe those of us who dwell in cities should take the same notice of our own surroundings instead of passing them by quickly in a car!). At any rate, the sea is simply the atmosphere of the novel and it envelopes you in its power.
That isn't to say there isn't a story. There certainly is, and it, too, draws you into its power. As Charles unfolds this strange interlude of his life in a memoir that records his pursuit of his first love, the reader will wonder who is mad here - the characters of whom he writes or the writer himself.
That isn't to say there isn't a story. There certainly is, and it, too, draws you into its power. As Charles unfolds this strange interlude of his life in a memoir that records his pursuit of his first love, the reader will wonder who is mad here - the characters of whom he writes or the writer himself.