muriel spark

Voor de eigenzinnige Jean Brodie zijn haar jaren als schooljuf op een meisjesschool in Edinburgh onmiskenbaar haar beste jaren. Ze is hartstochtelijk

Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconvent

Voor de eigenzinnige Jean Brodie zijn haar jaren als schooljuffrouw op een meisjesschool in Edinburgh onmiskenbaar haar beste jaren. Ze is hartstochte

Rechercheur Sam Faingart wordt ingeschakeld wanneer een vrouw vermoord wordt teruggevonden in een ondergrondse parkeergarage. In zijn zoektocht naar d

Een thriller waarin de lezer zich even helemaal kan verliezen. ***** Moon Kager, Mustreads or Not over Astarte Een spannend misdaadverhaal, vol va

Wealthy Canadian scholar Harvey Gotham lives in splendid isolation in France and is working on a book about Job. He loves his wife, Effie, dearly but

The brevity of Muriel Spark's novels is equaled only by their brilliance. These four novels, each a miniature masterpiece, illustrate her development

In mid-twentieth-century London, aspiring young writer Fleur Talbot becomes secretary to a motley group of egoists who are composing their memoirs in

Beautifully packaged reissue of one of Muriel Spark's best loved novels, The Girls of Slender Means'Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England we

Anarchic, irreverent and razor-sharp, this new collection of Muriel Spark's satires confirms its creator as the mistress of British wit

'It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.'The May of Teck Club 'exists for

Described by Edmund White as 'a hilarious account of political and romantic intrigue', Territorial Rights tells the tale of aspiring art historian Rob

A fantastic essayist, the inimitable Muriel Spark addresses here the writing life, cats, favorite writers (the Brontës, T. S. Eliot, Robert Burns, Mar

First found contentedly chatting in their London clubs, the cozy bachelors (as any Spark reader might guess) are not set to stay cozy for long. Soon e

Annabel Christopher is every inch the star: a glamorous actress with a devoted, handsome husband. To keep the paparazzi and her adoring public under h

Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 195

'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . my admiration for Spark's contribution to literature knows no bounds' Ian RankinRobert wants not

Before she published her distinguished novels, Muriel Spark first made her name as a critic and poet. Her discerning study of the poet and novelist Jo