The lives of Louise Anderson and her daughters Aleph, Sefton and Moy become intertwined with a mystical character whose destiny both affects and informs the novel's central conflicts which include a murder that never actually occurs, sibling rivalry, love triangles, and one extremely sentient dog who dearly misses his owner. This novel loosely parodies the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; however, it is largely a comedy of errors with bizarre twists and turns in circumstances that threaten the stability of a circle of friends in a London community.
Charactersedit
Lucas Graffe, a dark, Byronic figure who mentally tortures his brother Clement, the antagonist
Louise Anderson, an emotionally repressed mother of three girls
Sefton, daughter of Louise, a student and lover of history
Aleph, daughter of Louise, the beautiful and elusive eldest sister
Moy, daughter of Louise, a sensitive lover of all living things
Joan, a childhood friend of Louise and mother of Harvey
Harvey, family friend of the Anderson sisters and Joan's son
Clement, brother of Lucas
Bellamy, an ascetic and aspiring monk
Peter Mir, a strange figure who becomes entwined in the lives of the others
Anax, a border collie who desperately misses Bellamy who gave him up to prove his Christian convictions
Receptionedit
Publishers Weekly referred to the book as "...far from perfect, but passages of intense writing and keen depictions of people grappling with afflictions of the soul remind us that Murdoch's perspective is invaluable."[2]
Referencesedit
^Simon, Linda (9 January 1994). "The Mugger Who Came Back From the Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^"The Green Knight". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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green, knight, novel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, green, knight, novel, news, newspapers, books,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Green Knight novel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Green Knight is the 25th novel 1 by Irish writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch first published in 1993 The Green KnightCover of the first editionAuthorIris MurdochCover artistRembrandt The Polish RiderCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishPublisherChatto amp WindusPublication date1993Media typePrintPages472ppISBN0 7011 6030 6OCLC34742768 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Reception 4 ReferencesPlot summary editThe lives of Louise Anderson and her daughters Aleph Sefton and Moy become intertwined with a mystical character whose destiny both affects and informs the novel s central conflicts which include a murder that never actually occurs sibling rivalry love triangles and one extremely sentient dog who dearly misses his owner This novel loosely parodies the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight however it is largely a comedy of errors with bizarre twists and turns in circumstances that threaten the stability of a circle of friends in a London community Characters editLucas Graffe a dark Byronic figure who mentally tortures his brother Clement the antagonist Louise Anderson an emotionally repressed mother of three girls Sefton daughter of Louise a student and lover of history Aleph daughter of Louise the beautiful and elusive eldest sister Moy daughter of Louise a sensitive lover of all living things Joan a childhood friend of Louise and mother of Harvey Harvey family friend of the Anderson sisters and Joan s son Clement brother of Lucas Bellamy an ascetic and aspiring monk Peter Mir a strange figure who becomes entwined in the lives of the others Anax a border collie who desperately misses Bellamy who gave him up to prove his Christian convictionsReception editPublishers Weekly referred to the book as far from perfect but passages of intense writing and keen depictions of people grappling with afflictions of the soul remind us that Murdoch s perspective is invaluable 2 References edit Simon Linda 9 January 1994 The Mugger Who Came Back From the Dead The New York Times Retrieved 29 December 2020 The Green Knight Publishers Weekly Retrieved 29 December 2020 nbsp This article about a 1990s fantasy novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Green Knight novel amp oldid 1082822476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
