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Elegy for Iris | John Bayley

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"I was living in a fairy story--the kind with sinister overtones and not always a happy ending--in which a young man loves a beautiful maiden who returns his love but is always disappearing into some unknown and mysterious world, about which she will reveal nothing." So John Bayley describes his life with his wife, Iris Murdoch, one of the greatest contemporary writers in the English-speaking world, revered for her works of philosophy and beloved for her incandescent novels. In Elegy for Iris, Bayley attempts to uncover the real Iris, whose mysterious world took on darker shades as she descended into Alzheimer's disease. Elegy for Iris is a luminous memoir about the beauty of youth and aging, and a celebration of a brilliant life and an undying love.

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Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch | John Bayley

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Unfortunately the nearby Salvos is closing but fortunately everything was 50% off. I was leaving as they were putting more books out so I will have to go back before they close at the end of the month 😂 The books were only $1! The last time I watched Silence of the Lambs I was very disturbed. I wonder how it will hold up. Although I have never read any of Iris Murdoch‘s work, I like her personality & her husband John writes beautifully about her.

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Elegy for Iris | John Bayley

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Read in the summer of 2003. Written by Iris Murdoch husband I believe. I think I remember she had Alzheimer's.