Description: "Includes an essay by James Wood"--Cover.
Brief description:
Dame Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was born and educated in Scotland. She worked for Britain's Foreign Office during World War II, served as general secretary of the Poetry Society and editor of The Poetry Review, and, before turning to fiction, published a series of critical biographies of literary figures. She wrote more than twenty books, including The Comforters, Memento Mori, The Girls of Slender Means, and Symposium. She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.
Review Quotes:
"A remarkable novel." - New Statesman
"A perfect book." - Chicago Tribune
"Intelligent, witty. . . . Spark's powers of invention are apparently inexhaustible." - Commonweal
"Remarkable: Surprises are systematically reduced until there is only one left, and it is like the stab of a stiletto." - Spectator
"[A] lovely new edition. . . . With caustic humor and stripped-down restraint, Spark makes us feel Jean Brodie's sadness and ache. Maggie Smith played the character in a famous film, but the book itself is even more powerful." - Los Angeles Times
"Elegantly written with an inimitably crisp, lyrical grace and economy, Spark's fifth novel sketched 1930s Edinburgh and brought an unforgettable, iconic character to the literary stage: Jean Brodie." - America Magazine