An Unofficial Rose
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
Published in 1962, An Unofficial Rose is a richly layered novel of manners from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British authors, Iris Murdoch. The story chronicles the moral and romantic entanglements of the Peronett family following the death of the family matriarch, as widower Hugh Peronett contemplates a late-life love affair and his son Andrew struggles within a suffocating marriage. Murdoch masterfully illustrates how freedom — longed for, imagined, and seized — proves far more complicated and morally treacherous than any of her characters anticipate. Written with piercing psychological insight and a cool, ironic wit, the novel argues that the pursuit of personal liberation invariably entangles others in webs of deception, desire, and consequence. An Unofficial Rose stands as a quintessential example of Murdoch's gift for weaving philosophical inquiry seamlessly into the fabric of everyday human drama.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
Published in 1962, An Unofficial Rose is a richly layered novel of manners from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British authors, Iris Murdoch. The story chronicles the moral and romantic entanglements of the Peronett family following the death of the family matriarch, as widower Hugh Peronett contemplates a late-life love affair and his son Andrew struggles within a suffocating marriage. Murdoch masterfully illustrates how freedom — longed for, imagined, and seized — proves far more complicated and morally treacherous than any of her characters anticipate. Written with piercing psychological insight and a cool, ironic wit, the novel argues that the pursuit of personal liberation invariably entangles others in webs of deception, desire, and consequence. An Unofficial Rose stands as a quintessential example of Murdoch's gift for weaving philosophical inquiry seamlessly into the fabric of everyday human drama.
