About the book
Set on the small Greek island of Phraxos, John Fowles's novel follows Nicholas Urfe, a young Oxford graduate who takes a post teaching English at a private school there. Lonely and bored, he roams the island in his spare time until he comes upon an estate owned by Maurice Conchis, a wealthy and mysterious recluse. Nicholas is drawn into Conchis's psychological games, which the novel calls the godgame. Fowles based the novel partly on his two years teaching on the island of Spetses. In 1999 the novel appeared on both Modern Library lists of the 100 best novels.
We Are Play Lab founder Cristina Riesen named it among the books that led her to make lateral moves in life rather than build a career.
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Cristina Riesen (Founder/We Are Play Lab)
First, a word on career paths. In time, I realised that career paths are like one-way streets. Magic happens in unexplored territories. Plus life is how you choose to live every moment, every day. So today, rather than building a career, I prefer to make lateral moves in life, working with great people and being part of ambitious projects impacting the world. There are a few books that got me here: [...] John Fowles "The Magus".
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