Muriel Spark was een productief Schots romanschrijver, verhalenverteller en dichter wiens duister-komische stem haar tot een van de meest onderscheidende schrijvers van de twintigste eeuw maakte. Haar werk duikt vaak in de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur en samenleving, waarbij ze regelmatig absurditeit en ironie gebruikt. Spark beheerste de taal meesterlijk en creëerde onvergetelijke personages en verhalen die de lezer tot nadenken stemmen. Haar unieke stijl en diepe inzicht in de menselijke psyche vestigen haar als een belangrijke literaire stem van haar tijd.
It is perhaps her short stories that demonstrate her gifts best: wit, perception, acute characterisation, elegance and precision. They mark her out as one of the finest writers of her generation Observer
In the summer of 1816, aged nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A pioneering work of science fiction, it captured the popular imagination from the start. The daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley lived an unconventional life marred by tragedy. At sixteen she scandalised ..
The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT
Sir Quentin Oliver steals the manuscript of Fleur Talbot's novel, "Warrender Chase". What sinister use will he make of it? Or, more tantalizing still, what if fiction were to overpower trust and Fleur's novel appropriate him?
Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance.
The critically acclaimed story of an independent-minded Scottish schoolteacher returns in a new edition. Includes an updated author biography and a history of the book's publications. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
An election is held at the abbey of Crewe and the new lady abbess takes up her high office with implacable serenity. This is a satirical fantasy about ecclesiastical and other kinds of politics. The author has also written "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Girls of Slender Means".
As the guests assemble at American painter Hurley Reed's London dinner party, they wonder about the lateness of Hilda Damien, who at the moment is being murdered. By the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Reprint.
In the May of Teck Club -- a London hostel 'three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit' -- the young lady residents do their best to act as if the war never happened -- Back cover.
