pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register
CATEGORY BROWSE
Arts

Agriculture

Biography

Business

Children's

Computing

Earth Sciences

Economics

Educational

Engineering

English Language Teaching (ELT)

Environment

Family

Fiction

Finance

Geography

Home

Humanities

Industry

Information

Information Technology

Interdisciplinary Subjects

Language

Law

Leisure Interests

Literature

Mathematics

Medicine

Planning

Practical Interests

Reference

Science

Social Sciences

Sport

Technology

Travel

Veterinary Science


ABOUT US
About Us
Contact Us
Terms & Conditions

Item Details
Title: THE SEA, THE SEA
By: Iris Murdoch, John Burnside
Format: Paperback

List price: £10.99
Our price: £8.02
Discount:
27% off
You save: £2.97
ISBN 10: 009928409X
ISBN 13: 9780099284093
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 33 available
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 28 July, 1999
Pages: 528
Description: When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage.
Synopsis: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Prizes: Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1978
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
A CATECHISM OF THE LAWS OF STORMS (PB)
A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT
A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT
A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT (PB)
A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT, A (PB)
A LIE ABOUT MY FATHER
A LIE ABOUT MY FATHER (HB)
A LIE ABOUT MY FATHER (PB)
A NORMAL SKIN
A SEVERED HEAD
A SEVERED HEAD
A SEVERED HEAD (PB)
A SEVERED HEAD, A (PB)
A SUMMER OF DROWNING
A SUMMER OF DROWNING (PB)
A WORD CHILD
A WORD CHILD (PB)
A WORD CHILD (PB)
ALL ONE BREATH
ALL ONE BREATH (PB)
ALOE I ZELENOE
AN ACCIDENTAL MAN
AN ACCIDENTAL MAN (PB)
AN ACCIDENTAL MAN (PB)
AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE
AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE
AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE (PB)
ASHLAND & VINE
ASHLAND & VINE (HB)
ASHLAND & VINE (PB)
AUROCHS AND AUKS (HB)
BELL
BETRAYAL (PB)
BLACK CAT BONE
BLACK CAT BONE (PB)
BLACK PRINCE
BLACK PRINCE
BLACK PRINCE (PB)
BRUNO'S DREAM
BRUNO'S DREAM (PB)
BURNING ELVIS
CHERNYJ PRINTS
DUMB HOUSE (PB)
ESSAY ON MOURNING (PB)
ET ORDETS BARN (PB)
EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS
EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS (HB)
EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS (HB)
EXISTENTIALISTS AND MYSTICS (PB)
FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT
FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT (PB)
FROM UNKNOWN TO UNKNOWN (PB)
FROM UNKNOWN TO UNKNOWN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF (PB)
GIFT SONGS
GIFT SONGS (PB)
GLISTER
GLISTER (HB)
GLISTER (HB)
GLISTER (PB)
GOOD APPRENTICE (PB)
GOOSE MUSIC
GOOSE MUSIC (HB)
GOOSE MUSIC (PB)
HAVERGEY (HB)
HENRY AND CATO
HENRY AND CATO (PB)
HENRY AND CATO: A NOVEL (PB)
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU (HB)
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU (PB)
IL MARE IL MARE (HB)
IRIS MURDOCH BOOKMARKS (X 10 PACK)
ITALIAN GIRL (PB)
JACKSON''S DILEMMA (HB)
JACKSON'S DILEMMA
JACKSON'S DILEMMA (HB)
JOHN BURNSIDE (CD)
KLOKKEN (PB)
KNIGA I BRATSTVO (HB)
L''ETE DES NOYES
LA MER LA MER (PB)
LEARNING TO SLEEP
LIE ABOUT MY FATHER
LIE ABOUT MY FATHER (PB)
LIVING NOWHERE
LIVING NOWHERE (PB)
LIVING ON PAPER
LIVING ON PAPER
LIVING ON PAPER (HB)
LIVING ON PAPER (HB)
LIVING ON PAPER (PB)
LIVING ON PAPER (PB)
LUCHSHE NE BYVAET (HB)
MEKHANIKA NEBESNOJ I ZEMNOJ LIUBVI (HB)
MERCY BOYS (PB)
MESSAGE TO THE PLANET (PB)
METAPHYSICS AS A GUIDE TO MORALS
METAPHYSICS AS A GUIDE TO MORALS (PB)
METAPHYSICS AS A GUIDE TO MORALS (PB)
MORE, MORE
MUSIC OF TIME
MUSIC OF TIME (HB)
MUSIC OF TIME (HB)
MUSIC OF TIME (PB)
NUNS AND SOLDIERS
NUNS AND SOLDIERS
NUNS AND SOLDIERS (PB)
NUNS AND SOLDIERS (PB)
ON HENRY MILLER (HB)
POEMS FROM AN ATTIC (HB)
RUIN, BLOSSOM
SANDCASTLE
SANDCASTLE
SANDSLOTTET
SARTRE
SARTRE (PB)
SCINTILLATION (PB)
SEA, THE SEA
SEA, THE SEA (PB)
SEA, THE SEA (PB)
SELECTED POEMS
SELECTED POEMS (PB)
SENSE DATA (PB)
SOMETHING LIKE HAPPY
SOMETHING LIKE HAPPY (HB)
SOMETHING LIKE HAPPY (PB)
SOMETHING SPECIAL
SOMETHING SPECIAL
SOMETHING SPECIAL (PB)
SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD (PB)
STILL LIFE WITH FEEDING SNAKE
STILL LIFE WITH FEEDING SNAKE (PB)
SWIMMING IN THE FLOOD
SWIMMING IN THE FLOOD (PB)
THE ASYLUM DANCE
THE ASYLUM DANCE (PB)
THE ASYLUM DANCE (PB)
THE BELL
THE BELL (PB)
THE BELL (PB)
THE BLACK PRINCE
THE BLACK PRINCE (PB)
THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD
THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD (PB)
THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD (PB)
THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS
THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS (HB)
THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS (HB)
THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS (PB)
THE DUMB HOUSE
THE DUMB HOUSE (PB)
THE DUMB HOUSE (PB)
THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER
THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER (PB)
THE GOOD APPRENTICE
THE GOOD APPRENTICE (PB)
THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR (PB)
THE GREEN KNIGHT
THE GREEN KNIGHT (AUD)
THE HOOP (PB)
THE HUNT IN THE FOREST
THE HUNT IN THE FOREST (PB)
THE ITALIAN GIRL
THE ITALIAN GIRL
THE ITALIAN GIRL (PB)
THE LIGHT TRAP (PB)
THE LOCUST ROOM
THE LOCUST ROOM (PB)
THE MERCY BOYS
THE MESSAGE TO THE PLANET
THE MESSAGE TO THE PLANET (PB)
THE NICE AND THE GOOD
THE NICE AND THE GOOD (PB)
THE NICE AND THE GOOD (PB)
THE ONE ALONE (HB)
THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL
THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL
THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL (PB)
THE POETRY QUARTETS 7 (AUD)
THE PYRGIC PUZZLER (PB)
THE RED AND THE GREEN
THE RED AND THE GREEN (PB)
THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE
THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE (PB)
THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE (PB)
THE SANDCASTLE
THE SANDCASTLE
THE SANDCASTLE (PB)
THE SEA, THE SEA
THE SEA, THE SEA & A SEVERED HEAD (HB)
THE SEA, THE SEA (CD)
THE SEA, THE SEA (PB)
THE SEA, THE SEA (VINTAGE SUMMER) (PB)
THE SEVERED HEAD (PB)
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD (HB)
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD (PB)


CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED THIS ITEM ALSO BOUGHT
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
By: Arundhati Roy
more details
Half of a Yellow Sun (Paperback)
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
more details
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
By: Imbolo Mbue
more details
TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)
By: Margaret Atwood
Vintage Publishing
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
By: John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £6.56
more details
It Ends With Us (Paperback)
By: Colleen Hoover
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
The Vegetarian (Paperback)
By: Han Kang, Deborah Smith (Trans)
Granta Books
Our Price : £7.29
more details
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
By: Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
Walker Books Ltd
Our Price : £6.56
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FICTION
 general & literary fiction
 modern fiction


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science
By: CLAUDIA MARTIN
add to basket

Fiction
Impossible Creatures
By: KATHERINE RUNDELL
add to basket

Fiction
Not for the Faint of Heart
By: LEX CROUCHER
add to basket

Fiction
Secret of Golden Island
By: NATASHA FARRANT
add to basket

Early Learning
Dictionary Story
By: SAM WINSTON
add to basket

Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
By: CHRISTINE PYM
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
Nutty Numbers
By: DR. SEUSS
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB
By: HELEN DOCHERTY
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket

Picture Book
Animal Swim School
By: KATE PERIDOT
add to basket