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A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.
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Волхв, John Fowles, Джон Фаулз, Борис Кузьминский
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- (Hardcover)
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- Titel
- Волхв
- Sprache
- Russisch
- Autor*innen
- John Fowles, Джон Фаулз, Борис Кузьминский
- Verlag
- Eksmo
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 797
- ISBN10
- 5699446958
- ISBN13
- 9785699446957
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Fantasy, Krimi, Gegenwartsliteratur, Klassiker, Horror, 20. Jahrhundert, Literarische Fiktion, Britische Literatur, Magischer Realismus, Griechenland, 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts
- Beschreibung
- A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times.