{"product_id":"iris-murdoch-a-writer-at-war-letters-and-diaries-1939-1945-0199756031","title":"Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0199756031\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Conradi, Peter J.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese never before published writings comprise Iris Murdoch's passionate wartime correspondence with two early intimates: the poet Frank Thompson, brother of the historian E.P. Thompson, who was killed in 1944, and David Hicks, with whom she had a dramatic affair, engagement, and breakup. It also includes the journal that Murdoch kept as a touring actress during August of 1939. The selection sheds new light on a brilliant young mind (\"sharp and polished as a sword\" as Frances Wilson describes it), while painting a vivid picture of life during the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51675947565344,"sku":"NEW0199756031","price":43.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71UQl0smm6L.jpg?v=1779227672","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/iris-murdoch-a-writer-at-war-letters-and-diaries-1939-1945-0199756031","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}