Spark, Muriel (Vol. 5) - Spark, Muriel 1918–
Spark, Muriel 1918–
Muriel Spark, a Scottish-born Catholic convert, lived in England, Central Africa, and the United States before taking up her current residence in Rome. She is a novelist and short story writer, a poet, playwright, writer for children, critic, and biographer. A master of dialogue and mimicry, Ms Spark writes glittering, controlled, and formal novels distinguished as well by what has been called her "metaphysical wit." (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
The Abbess [title character of Muriel Spark's novel The Abbess of Crewe] is so insistent upon her plot that she neglects the energetic "strategies" of reality. She is betrayed by bumbling associates who break into her opponent's room and stupidly leave their tracks. She has to lie more completely than before; she has to change her scenarios. Oddly the Abbess is so enclosed in her own deceptions—a favorite sin of Spark's characters!—that she does...
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