# A Severed Head

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- Authors: [Iris Murdoch](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-01-03

## Description

Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. How will he survive it?

## Editions

### A Severed Head

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9928-536-6
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2013-01-03
- Language: en_GB

### A Severed Head

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4002-003-8
- Pages: 208
- Published: 1976-11-18
- Language: en_US