Morris West s magnificent new novel
is a story of love, sexual obsession, mur-
der, guih and the absolute need for
forgiveness as a condition of human
sanity. Its extraordinary power will
give the author an even wider audience
than before.
This novel is about one man and three
women in a conflict that explores the
fine line between love and hate, good
and evil, fantasy and reality.
The narrative is [ounded on fact: a
case history recorded in the autobiog-
raphy of Carl Gustav Jung. His ac-
count is brief and curiously cryptic:
" A lady came to my office. She refused
to give her name.., what she had to
communicate to me was a confession,"
Morris West s version of the en-
counter is a fascinating blend of truth
and dramatic speculation. The events
cover the golden time of the Belle
Epoque, right up to the twilight year
1913, before the lights went out over
Europe and the First World War began.
This was a year of crisis for.Jung. He
was estranged fronl his old friend and
master, Freud. His wife was pregnant
with their fifth child. He had begun a
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