Archive Nostalgia: The Red and the Green by Iris Murdoch

This week, it would have been the 100th birthday of inimitable author Iris Murdoch. What better time to bring back this review of her novel, The Red and the Green? Andrew: a slightly reluctant soldier in the First World War. Pat: a member of the militant Irish Volunteers. Millie: an eccentric and passionate woman whose home is being used to store weaponry. The Red and the Green interrogates the lives of this troubled family as events escalate towards the Easter Rising, a pivotal moment that would change the course of Irish History.

The Red and the Green by Iris Murdoch: Irish Easter Rising from Character-Centric Perspective

Andrew: a slightly reluctant soldier in the First World War. Pat: a member of the militant Irish Volunteers. Millie: an eccentric and passionate woman whose home is being used to store weaponry. The Red and the Green interrogates the lives of this troubled family as events escalate towards the Easter Rising, a pivotal moment that would change the course of Irish History.