The Good Apprentice
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: some fading and minor creasing on edges. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
A landmark work of late twentieth-century British fiction, The Good Apprentice chronicles the moral and psychological collapse of Edward Baltram, a young man consumed by guilt after accidentally causing the death of his friend. Iris Murdoch constructs a richly layered narrative that moves between the chaotic energy of London and the eerie, dreamlike isolation of Seegard, the country estate of Edward's reclusive artist father, Jesse. With her characteristic philosophical depth, Murdoch argues that the path to redemption is neither straightforward nor guaranteed, presenting a cast of brilliantly drawn characters — therapists, mystics, half-siblings, and lovers — each caught in their own struggle for goodness and meaning. The novel is at once a psychological portrait of guilt and grief, and a profound meditation on the nature of good and evil, love, and the possibility of spiritual renewal.
Author: Iris Murdoch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Chatto & Windus
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: some fading and minor creasing on edges. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover.
A landmark work of late twentieth-century British fiction, The Good Apprentice chronicles the moral and psychological collapse of Edward Baltram, a young man consumed by guilt after accidentally causing the death of his friend. Iris Murdoch constructs a richly layered narrative that moves between the chaotic energy of London and the eerie, dreamlike isolation of Seegard, the country estate of Edward's reclusive artist father, Jesse. With her characteristic philosophical depth, Murdoch argues that the path to redemption is neither straightforward nor guaranteed, presenting a cast of brilliantly drawn characters — therapists, mystics, half-siblings, and lovers — each caught in their own struggle for goodness and meaning. The novel is at once a psychological portrait of guilt and grief, and a profound meditation on the nature of good and evil, love, and the possibility of spiritual renewal.