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"Words are so damned important now that we're living on paper again," wrote Iris Murdoch in 1946.
A selection of her voluminous correspondence was published as Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934 1995 (2016).
Onstage, very little of these ideas came together in the 70-minute work; above all, it lives on paper.
But Living on Paper, despite its mammoth length, is odd, or perhaps only elusive, in other ways too.
So much love, I Please forgive all this stumbling – " More than two thirds of the letters included in Living on Paper are held in the Kingston University Archives.
Living on Paper is presented in chronological sections, each helpfully introduced by Rowe and Horner, who set the scene for Murdoch's life at that time; her writing, her passions, her whereabouts.
The publication of Living on Paper: Letters by Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 (edited by Avril Horner and Anne Rowe) was supposed to help revive the reputation of an author whose reputation has rather diminished in the years since her death.
Goodness knows what she'd think of having a Twitter account, with thousands of followers, but thanks to Living on Paper (Chatto & Windus, £25) we do have her letters, many of them unpublished until now, to remind us of her wit.
