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'A cryptic and mysterious case history appears in the autobiography of pioneering Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung: 'A lady came to my office. She refused to give her name ... What she had to communicate to me was a confession. Some twenty years ago, she had committed a murder ...'
'Jung's encounter with the woman had an explosive effect on him, and brought him very close to total breakdown. Morris West recreates this episode in a gripping blend of truth and dramatic speculation.
'Set in pre-World War I Europe, The World is Made of Glass is a powerful novel of love, sexual obsession, murder and guilt It has been called Morris West's finest creation of the imagination.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
Notes
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Dedication: For JOY, with love, to celebrate a homecoming.
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Epigraph: Passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Compensation' and Anthony Storr's study of Carl Jung.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Direction Change Leads West to a Masterpiece
single work
review
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25) - The World is Made of Glass 1987 single work drama
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Tales of Suspense
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 58 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of The Colour Man 1983 single work novel ; The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 August 1983; (p. 26)
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel
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Tales of Suspense
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 58 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of The Colour Man 1983 single work novel ; The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
Culture, Comerce, Morality: The Case of Morris West
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 August 1983; (p. 13)
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
Dark Saga of the Soul
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 August 1983; (p. 21)
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
Direction Change Leads West to a Masterpiece
single work
review
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel -
The Jung Man Gone West
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 September 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of The World Is Made of Glass 1983 single work novel - The World is Made of Glass 1987 single work drama
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Morris West and the Need for a Saving "Binding"
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 August 1983; (p. 15) -
'Vox Populi?' The Image of Psychiatry in Australian Literature
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Left, Right or Centre? Psychiatry and the Status Quo 1990; (p. 1-25) -
West Seeks Readers
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 20 August 1983; (p. 12) -
Morris West -`Going for Broke'
Hugh Schmitt
(interviewer),
1982
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 1982;
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