John Fowles Signed Magus Quotation.
FOWLES, John .
John Fowles Signed Magus Quotation.
"And looking up at it I remembered that winter in Greece, that Gabbia I had constructed for myself out of light, solitude, and self-delusions": John Fowles Signed Quotation
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Autograph quotation signed by John Fowles, from Chapter 9 of his classic work, The Magus. One page, octavo, dated August 4, 1983. The quotation reads in full, “Years later I saw the gabbia at Piacenza: a harsh black canaray-cage strung high up the side of the towering campanile, in which prisoners were once left to starve to death and rot in full view of the town below. And looking up at it I remembered that winter in Greece, that Gabbia I had constructed for myself out of light, solitude, and self-delusions. John Fowles August 4, 1983.” Matted and framed. In fine condition. Rare and desirable.
The Magus (1965; revised 1977) by John Fowles is a postmodern psychological novel that follows Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching post on a remote Greek island and becomes entangled in a series of elaborate manipulations orchestrated by the enigmatic Maurice Conchis. Blending elements of existential philosophy, myth, erotic intrigue, and metafictional play, the novel destabilizes distinctions between reality and performance as Nicholas is subjected to staged scenarios designed to test his moral and emotional assumptions.
