Description
| Product ID: | 9780099285373 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bruno's Dream |
| Authors: | Author: Iris Murdoch |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation, lies at the center of an intricate spider's web of relationships and passions: Bruno's estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Bruno's widowed son-in-law, consoling himself with the Adelaide the maid, one of Murdoch's finest comic creations; Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation, lies at the center of an intricate spider''s web of relationships and passions: Bruno''s estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Bruno''s widowed son-in-law, consoling himself with the Adelaide the maid, one of Murdoch''s finest comic creations; creepy Nigel the nurse and his besotted twin Will, fighter of duels. The flooding Thames brings about the climax, and all are left changed by love and forgiveness before the old man''s death. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-02-01 |
