false <![CDATA[The Magus]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179862885m/965519.jpg 16286 35 Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times. 1816475 book 1965 The Magus total:3469|5:1384|4:1081|3:664|2:237|1:103| 3469 13813 4875 416 5 11 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 00:02:28 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 07:39:19 -0700 2007
We are thrown, whether we like it or not into the addled frantic mind of Nicho...more...]]> 5 7 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 13:07:19 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 08:42:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Jul 27 06:49:54 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 06:56:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 10 09:54:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:39:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 09:54:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 12 11:38:19 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 23 01:50:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu May 08 14:12:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 09:05:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Jun 12 13:36:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 15 13:46:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false true Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 18:44:50 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 10:06:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:43:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:45:50 -0700 2009 3 The Magus in 1974, on the recommendation of a friend. He was probably attracted to the way it questions our assumptions of reality and to the similarity between Conchis, the sorceror of the title, and the mystical shaman Don Juan in the Carlos Castenada books. I found it a pretty wild r...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 13:38:30 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 05:36:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Mar 19 16:03:02 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:03:54 -0700 2009 2 1 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 07:19:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:32:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 22:21:27 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 22:24:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 12:33:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:46:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 10:37:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 10:50:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 07:50:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 20:43:41 -0700 2009 The Magus is Fowles' first novel -- his original publishing debut. Releasing a revised, more explicit version (which is not necessarily better) Fowles' metafiction follows Nicolas Urfe, a chauvanistic, self-centered English intellectual manque. Through a series ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:21:24 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:40:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 15:50:31 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:28:58 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:50:31 -0700 2009
Maybe it would have been better if the main character weren't such a douche! I couldn't figure out why the women in the novel wer...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 20 16:12:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 19 21:21:22 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 20 16:12:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Jun 21 06:19:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 14:09:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=965519