Unicorn
About This Novel
"The Smartest Woman in Britain" is the early masterpiece of Alice Murdoch, the most nominated writer for the Booker Prize. It has a gloomy and unique style, full of mysterious imagination and existential philosophy. A kaleidoscope of ever-changing sexual relationships, a beautiful young woman imprisoned for seven years, an evil husband who pursues the same sex, a cowardly and voyeuristic old lover... Everyone in this book is involved in sin, and everyone is waiting for the final judgment to come. "The Unicorn" ostensibly tells a sophisticated, mysterious gothic romance. The protagonist Hannah was first a vicious adulteress who committed adultery with others and pushed her husband off a cliff. Then she transformed into Jesus Christ, who carries the imagination of countless people, has no desires and desires, is willing to bear all sins, and is willing to sacrifice his life for the world to atone for their sins. And when the savior suddenly turned into a real individual because of her husband's imminent return, an evil woman who committed adultery and tried to murder her husband, the spiritual castle in the air created by her and everyone's imagination about her collapsed instantly... The whole book has twists and turns, vivid and even romantic and mysterious stories, and is also enveloped in a religious and philosophical atmosphere where everything is unpredictable and everyone is absurd, which is both fascinating and thought-provoking.
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