Author | Iris Murdoch |
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Language | English |
Genre | Short story |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus (standalone) |
Publication date | 1957 (1999 standalone) |
Publication place | Ireland |
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Pages | 41pp |
ISBN | 0-7011-6918-4 |
OCLC | 41661896 |
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LC Class | PR6063.U7 S66 1999 |
"Something Special" is the only published short story by Iris Murdoch. It first appeared in 1957 in a collection entitled Winter's Tales 3, and after inclusion in anthologies in Japan (1971, 1972), England (1979) and Finland (1990) it was republished separately by Chatto & Windus in 1999.
Yvonne Geary, the 24-year-old daughter of a Dublin shopkeeper, is courted by a young Jewish man, Sam Goldman, who takes her out for the night. After an unpleasant scene at a rowdy public house Sam decides to take Yvonne into his confidence.
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