![]() ![]() There are significant bits in Greek and French, but fragments of German and Latin also pop up. ![]() Bilingual Bonus: Or rather multilingual.Author Appeal: John Fowles spent two years teaching English on the Greek island Spetses.Interviews with cast and crew suggest that no one really understood what the story was about. While the book was received well, the film was widely critically panned. The book was adapted for film in 1968, starring Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn. The story is said to be influenced by Fowles' own tenure as a teacher on the Greek Island Spetses. It's notorious for its confusing and highly unpredictable plot concerning the British graduate Nicholas Urfe, who lands a teaching job at the remote Greek island Phraxos and falls victim to the psychological "Godgame" of wealthy islander Maurice Conchis. Originally in 1965, but Fowles published a revised edition in 1977. The Magus is the first novel John Fowles wrote, though it was his third to be published. Lily de Seitas: Perhaps that's our way of telling the truth. ![]()
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