00839c  ua2200133   450000100180000000800410001810000230005924500590008226000350014130000110017650000120018752004890019900500170068800000000000041287101104 1980    uk            000   eng  2 aMurdoch I.q(Iris)10aThe Sea, The Sea:bA Rich, Crowded, Magical Love Story  aLondon:bPenguin Books,c1980.  a502 p.10an/29163  aWhen Charles Arrowby, over sixty, a demigod of the theatre - director, playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to, `abjure magic and become a hermit`, it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from `the women` - but unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago. His Buddhist cousin, James, also arrives. He is menaced by a monster from the deep. Charles finds his `solitude` peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions.20260805123901.0