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      Nuns and Soldiers

      by Iris Murdoch
      Published
      Jan 1981
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      544
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      A dazzling meditation on love and honor, greed and generosity, passion and death, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea

      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.

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      Sep 2001 Vintage (UK) ISBN13 9780099285359 ISBN10 0099285355
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      Mar 1982 Penguin ISBN13 9780140061437 ISBN10 0140061436
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      Nov 1990 Penguin ISBN13 9780140057577 ISBN10 0140057579
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      Aug 2002 Penguin ISBN13 9780142180099 ISBN10 0142180092
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      First Edition Jan 1981 Viking ISBN13 9780670518265 ISBN10 0670518263
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      Jan 1980 Chatto & Windus ISBN13 9780701125196 ISBN10 0701125195
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      Aug 2002 Penguin ISBN13 9781101494264 ISBN10 1101494263
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      Nov 2008 Vintage ISBN13 9781407019222 ISBN10 1407019228
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