{"product_id":"the-magus-ae-john-fowles-suntup-editions-2023-1st-edition","title":"The Magus AE - John Fowles - Suntup Editions - 2023 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Magus AE - John Fowles - Suntup Editions - 2023 1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLike New\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidely considered John Fowles’s masterpiece, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, the novel is a spellbinding exploration of the complexities of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching post on a remote Greek island and strikes up a friendship with a reclusive millionaire, he soon finds himself a pawn in the trickster’s deadly game of violence, seduction and betrayal. As Nicholas is drawn deeper into the psychological traps, he finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish past from present, or fantasy from reality. A work rich in symbols, conundrums, and labyrinthine twists, The Magus endures as the most enigmatic and magical novel in the Fowles canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Magus was the first novel John Fowles wrote, although it was his third to be published, following The Collector (1963) and The Artistos (1964). He began writing it in the 1950s under the working title The Godgame, and based the story partly on his own experiences on the Greek island of Spetses, where he taught English for two years at the Anargyrios School. Fowles worked on The Magus for twelve years before its publication in 1965. Despite gaining enormous critical and commercial success, he continued to rework it, publishing a final revision in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the novel is considered a modern classic, included in Modern Library’s list of 100 Best 20th Century Novels, and the BBC’s The Big Read survey of the top 200 best loved novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST EDITION\u003cbr\u003e6” x 9” trim size.\u003cbr\u003e800 Pages.\u003cbr\u003eLimited to 750 copies.\u003cbr\u003eSigned by Marc Burckhardt.\u003cbr\u003eQuarter cloth binding with European bookcloth covering the spine, and Cot-Linen cloth over the boards.\u003cbr\u003eForeword by the author, originally published in the 1977 revised edition.\u003cbr\u003eA 1994 bonus essay by the author.\u003cbr\u003eTranscript from the author's October 23, 1997 appearance on the BBC's The Lively Arts.\u003cbr\u003eNew exclusive introduction by Christopher Priest. \u003cbr\u003eNew exclusive afterword by Eileen Warburton.\u003cbr\u003eSix full color illustrations by Marc Burckhardt.\u003cbr\u003eDust jacket illustrated by Marc Burckhardt (the only edition featuring this illustrated dust jacket). The jacket is double-sided, featuring the first edition dust jacket illustration by Tom Adams on the reverse.\u003cbr\u003eSet in Monotype Digital Fournier.\u003cbr\u003ePrinted offset on archival Cougar Natural paper.\u003cbr\u003eHoused in a slipcase covered in Cot-Linen.\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suntup Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53819334394129,"sku":"INV-00330","price":375.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/6140\/6993\/files\/P1011608.png?v=1784880174","url":"https:\/\/finepressfinds.com.au\/products\/the-magus-ae-john-fowles-suntup-editions-2023-1st-edition","provider":"Fine Press Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}