Yet, he has found that the world of theatre lacks spirit and depth, forgoing them for the sensational illusions of transcendence and significance. Through a long career, he has made himself known as one of the country’s preeminent playwrights. Charles Arrowby is retiring from the British theatre. The entire plot takes place during a single summer in the mid-twentieth century. The Sea, the Sea alternates between diary form and first-person narrative. The novel won the 1978 Booker Prize, one of the highest awards in British literature. Ultimately, Arrowby’s endeavor to make sure the world knows him proves circular and defeating, landing him back in his original self-obsessed position.
Moreover, it illuminates how little insight the modern subject actually has of himself and how he is perceived. Exploring the differences between public and private life, the novel shows how people craft public personas that seem more virtuous than their inner motivations really are. Set in England, British author Iris Murdoch’s psychological novel, The Sea, the Sea (1978), follows self-obsessed playwright and stage director Charles Arrowby who retires to a remote coastal area to write his memoirs.
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