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May 09, 2020lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
1965 novel by the somewhat overlooked British writer John Fowles, who also wrote "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "The Collector." This is the revised 1977 edition. One of the commentators calls this a book for younger readers (not kids, obvs), which I'm not sure I agree with. I'm 46 and quite enjoyed it. Yes, some of the descriptions of sex, sexuality, and women may have not aged terrible well, but it hardly invalidates the power and imagination of this novel, about a rather aimless British man who ends up teaching on a Greek island. The Modern Library put in on their best books of the 20th century list.