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Muriel Spark : the biography
Title:
Muriel Spark : the biography
Author:
Stannard, Martin, 1947-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.

©2009
Physical Description:
xxvi, 627 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Summary:
In 1992 the Spark invited Martin Stannard to write her biography, offering interviews and full access to her papers. The result is this biography of the Scottish author.
General Note:
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2009.
Language:
English
Contents:
Night and day: 1962-1918 -- Home and away: 1918-1937 -- Out of Africa: 1937-1945 -- Finding a voice: 1945-1949 -- Kensington: 1949-1951 -- Sacramental: 1951-1954 -- Conversion: 1954-1957 -- Acquiring Lorgnettes: 1957-1959 -- Exposure: 1959-1960 -- Transfiguration: 1960-1962 -- Time / Life: 1962-1963 -- Amours de voyage: 1963-1965 -- Looking round: 1965-1968 -- In the driver's seat: 1968-1970 -- Lucrezia Borgia in trousers: 1971-1974 -- The realm of mythology: 1974-1979 -- Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye: 1979-1982 -- A speck in the distance: 1982-1988 -- Settling the bill: 1988-1992 -- Dark music: 1992-2006.
Personal Subject:
ISBN:
9780393051742
Format :
Book