Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the Girls of Slender Means, the Driver's Seat, the Only Problem : Introduction by Frank Kermode by Muriel Spark (2004, Hardcover)
Great Book Prices Store (364988)
98.1% positive feedback
Price:
$24.00
Free shipping
Returns:
14 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the Girls of Slender Means, the Driver's Seat,the Only Problem, Hardcover by Spark, Muriel; Kermode, Frank (INT), ISBN 1400042062, ISBN-13 9781400042067, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In four short works of contemporary fiction that probe metaphysical truths, a charismatic teacher has a devastating impact on her students, young women struggle for survival in a post-war London hostel, a woman searches for her own death, and a man is implicated in his wife's terrorist activities. 17,500 first printing.
- Buy It NowPrime of Miss Jean Brodie, the Girls of Slender Means, the Driver's Seat,the ...
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400042062
ISBN-139781400042067
eBay Product ID (ePID)5971484
Product Key Features
Book TitlePrime of Miss Jean Brodie, the Girls of Slender Means, the Driver's Seat, the Only Problem : Introduction by Frank Kermode
Number of Pages504 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicContemporary Women, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year2004
GenreFiction
AuthorMuriel Spark
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-069487
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Muriel Spark is one of the few writers on either side of the Atlantic with enough resources, daring, and stamina to be altering, as well as feeding, the fiction machine…We are never out of touch in a Spark novel with the happiness of creation; the sudden willful largesse of magic and wit, the cunning tautness of suspense."John Updike,The New Yorker "One of our greatest living novelists." The Times "Spark's powers of invention are apparently inexhaustible." Commonwealth "[Spark is] one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment." New York Times "Some of [Spark's] finest fictions are novellas rather than novels, short enough to be read in a single dizzying sitting." David Lodge "[Spark] has written some things that seem likely to go on being read as long as fiction in English is read at all." New York Times Book Review, "Muriel Spark is one of the few writers on either side of the Atlantic with enough resources, daring, and stamina to be altering, as well as feeding, the fiction machine…We are never out of touch in a Spark novel with the happiness of creation; the sudden willful largesse of magic and wit, the cunning tautness of suspense."John Updike, The New Yorker "One of our greatest living novelists." The Times "Spark's powers of invention are apparently inexhaustible." Commonwealth "[Spark is] one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment." New York Times "Some of [Spark's] finest fictions are novellas rather than novels, short enough to be read in a single dizzying sitting." David Lodge "[Spark] has written some things that seem likely to go on being read as long as fiction in English is read at all." New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal8223/.914
SynopsisThe brevity of Muriel Spark's novels is equaled only by their brilliance. These four novels, each a miniature masterpiece, illustrate her development over four decades. Despite the seriousness of their themes, all four are fantastic comedies of manners, bristling with wit. Spark's most celebrated novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie , tells the story of a charismatic schoolteacher's catastrophic effect on her pupils. The Girls of Slender Means is a beautifully drawn portrait of young women living in a hostel in London in the giddy postwar days of 1945. The Driver's Seat follows the final haunted hours of a woman descending into madness. And The Only Problem is a witty fable about suffering that brings the Book of Job to bear on contemporary terrorism. All four novels give evidence of one of the most original and unmistakable voices in contemporary fiction. Characters are vividly etched in a few words; earth-shaking events are lightly touched on. Yet underneath the glittering surface there is an obsessive probing of metaphysical questions: the meaning of good and evil, the need for salvation, the search for significance.
LC Classification NumberPR6037.P29A6 2004
