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Books: Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Iris Murdoch Click Image For More Info Click HERE for ... Prices (new/used) Availability Additional Images Similar Links More Reviews Additional Information Paperback: 528 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 7.61 x 5.05 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (July 30, 2002) In-Print Editions: Hardcover , Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover (Large Print), Audio Download (Audible.com) |All Editions Customers who bought this book also bought: The Bell (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt (Introduction) (Paperback) A Fairly Honourable Defeat (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Iris Murdoch, Peter J. Reed (Introduction) (Paperback) The Sea, the Sea (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Iris Murdoch, Mary Kinzie (Introduction) (Paperback) The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch, Martha C. Nussbaum (Introduction) (Paperback) The Saint and the Artist: A Study of the Fiction of Iris Murdoch by Peter J. Conradi (Paperback) Book Description Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation, guilt and joy. This edition of Nuns and Soldiers includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong. More Reviews