John Fowles

The Magus

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The Magus (1966) is the first novel written (but second published) by British author John Fowles. It tells the story of Nicholas Urfe, a teacher on a small Greek island. Urfe finds himself embroiled in psychological illusions of a master trickster that become increasingly dark and serious.

The novel was a bestseller, partly because it tapped successfully into—and then arguably helped to promote—the 1960s popular interest in psychoanalysis and mystical philosophy.
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  • Dasha Roubanovashared an impression5 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    Лучшее из постмодернизма, что доводилось читать, «отвал башки», если хотите.

Quotes

  • Jana Karpenkohas quoted8 years ago
    I suddenly had a feeling that we were one body, one person, even there; that if she had disappeared it would have been as if I had lost half of myself. A terrible deathlike feeling, which anyone less cerebral and self-absorbed than I was then would have realized was simply love. I thought it was desire. I drove her straight home and tore her clothes off.
  • Дарина Мустакимоваhas quotedlast year
    o you think the novel is exhausted as an art form?'
  • Дарина Мустакимоваhas quotedlast year
    “Sunlight. A naked girl. A chair. A towel, a bidet. A tiled floor. A little dog. And he gives the whole of existence a reason.”

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