The World Is Made of Glass

Magda von Gamsfeld is beautiful, rich and intelligent, and on the verge of suicide. She has a consultation with the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung at a time when his personal life is in turmoil. Their confrontation is an extraordinary voyage through the mind that leads to a terrible admission of guilt. 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. 'An audacious and wonderful novel.' The Mail on Sunday 'An enthralling story.' The Spectator Magda Liliane Kardoss von Gamsfeld: beautiful, rich and intelligent, but on the edge of suicide. Carl Gustav Jung: psychiatrist, whose personal life is in turmoil. There confrontation is an extraordinary voyage through the mind that leads to a terrible revelation and admission of guilt. This is Morris West's finest creation of the imagination. It will haunt and fascinate. It is a master novel from a master novelist. An audacious and wonderful novel. - The Mail on Sunday *The World is Made of Gla*ss may well be the standard against which all Morris Wests previous works will be judged. - New York Times Book Review