Muriel Spark était une romancière, nouvelliste et poétesse écossaise prolifique, dont la voix sombre et comique en a fait l'une des écrivaines les plus distinctives du XXe siècle. Son œuvre explore souvent les complexités de la nature et de la société humaines, employant fréquemment l'absurde et l'ironie. Spark maîtrisait magistralement le langage, créant des personnages et des récits inoubliables qui incitent le lecteur à la réflexion. Son style unique et sa profonde perspicacité de la psyché humaine l'établissent comme une voix littéraire significative de son époque.
Roman à la fois divertissant (l'humour écossais) et documentaire (les tensions religieuses et raciales entre Jordaniens et Israéliens avant la guerre des Six Jours), publié en 1965 et diversement accueilli par la critique (en général, plutôt bien).
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.
Ein Kurzroman über eine Lehrerin und ihre Lieblingsschülerinnen; ein ironisches, teilweise frivoles Spiel um Realität und Fiktion - und gleichzeitig eine Parabel über die Schwierigkeiten des Erwachsenwerdens. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.
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.
