The Green Knight (novel)
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 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Iris Murdoch |
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| Cover artist | Rembrandt, The Polish Rider |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 472pp |
| ISBN | 0-7011-6030-6 |
| OCLC | 34742768 |
The Green Knight is the 25th novel[1] by Irish writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch, first published in 1993.
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.
