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Muriel Spark : the biography / Martin Stannard.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010, c2009.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xxvi, 627 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393051742
  • 0393051749
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.914 22 STA
Contents:
1. Night and day, 1962-1918 2. Home and away, 1918-1937 3. Out of Africa, 1937-1945 4. Finding a voice, 1945-1949 5. Kensington: 1949-1951 6. Sacramental, 1951-1954 7. Conversion, 1954-1957 8. Acquiring Lorgnettes, 1957-1959 9. Exposure, 1959-1960 10. Transfiguration, 1960-1962 11. Time/Life, 1962-1963 12. Amours de voyage, 1963-1965 13. Looking round, 1965-1968 14. In the driver's seat, 1968-1970 15. Lucrezia Borgia in trousers, 1971-1974 16. The realm of mythology, 1974-1979 17. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, 1979-1982 18. A speck in the distance, 1982-1988 19. Settling the bill, 1988-1992 20. Dark music, 1992-2006.
Summary: In 1992, 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Literature Fiction 823.914 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 29125

Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2009.

1. Night and day, 1962-1918 2. Home and away, 1918-1937 3. Out of Africa, 1937-1945 4. Finding a voice, 1945-1949 5. Kensington: 1949-1951 6. Sacramental, 1951-1954 7. Conversion, 1954-1957 8. Acquiring Lorgnettes, 1957-1959 9. Exposure, 1959-1960 10. Transfiguration, 1960-1962 11. Time/Life, 1962-1963 12. Amours de voyage, 1963-1965 13. Looking round, 1965-1968 14. In the driver's seat, 1968-1970 15. Lucrezia Borgia in trousers, 1971-1974 16. The realm of mythology, 1974-1979 17. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, 1979-1982 18. A speck in the distance, 1982-1988 19. Settling the bill, 1988-1992 20. Dark music, 1992-2006.

In 1992, 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-600) and index.

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