Have read all of IM's novels and philosophy etc. Have not been able since her death to find anyone to succeed her as a major unique talent, capable of such range and cleverness and perception and humour and occasional weirdness. I heard quite a while ago that Candia McWilliam (?) was the new Iris Murdoch but I read her novel A Case of Knives and was disappointed. Any suggestions? Or was IM a one-off?
2007-02-21 10:41:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I wouldn't presume to make recommendations myself, but I can think of a couple of places you could try:
http://www.irismurdoch.plus.com/imsoc.html
The webmaster might have suggestions
Since Jorn counts her among his favorites, you might want to see who else he recommends:
http://www.robotwisdom.com/jorn/favorites.html
(I do like Peter Dickinson.)
There's also a Yahoo group devoted to Iris Murdoch; it doesn't seem to be too active but sometimes a new member can spur new discussions, and they may have some suggestions.
Good luck!
2007-02-21 13:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by princessmikey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that Iris Murdoch was a wonderful writer. I have found no equal to her in modern writers although I am somewhat taken by Fay Weldon but of the old writers Anthony Trollope takes a lot of beating particularly the book called something like "As we are now" or "As we live now" - sorry memory lapse
2007-02-23 06:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by Professor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
totally unrelated ..but why not try
the first and last freedom by krishnamurti
for real range of perception.
unfortunately for you though..he deals in fact not fiction..and i dont know how much of a stomach you have for the truth as opposed to mere whimsical philosophising.
2007-02-22 08:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋