description: When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.
title: El mar, el mar
titlecomplete: El mar, el mar
characters: Charles Arrowby, Mary Hartley Fitch
genres: Classics, British Literature, Irish Literature, Philosophy, Modern Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 20861
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Círculo de Lectores, S.A.