Muriel Spark Libros

Con estilo descarnado y seco, Muriel Spark narra en El asiento del conductor las últimas horas de Lise, una turista nórdica que se va de vacaciones a un país meridional del que nunca regresará. Como en alguna ocasión declaró la escritora escocesa, su intención al escribir fue la de «aterrorizar deleitando», máxima que se cumple de modo magistral en esta turbadora novela. De la novela David Lodge afirma: «Algunas de sus mejores obras, más que novelas, son relatos que, por su brevedad, cabe leer en una trepidante sentada. El asiento del conductor es un caso ejemplar, un extraordinario tour de force, la historia de un crimen vista al revés». Por su parte The New Yorker señala: «Una obra maestra vidriosa y pérfida. El asiento del conductor [es] de una crudeza rayana en lo espeluznante».

It is perhaps her short stories that demonstrate her gifts best: wit, perception, acute characterisation, elegance and precision. They mark her out as one of the finest writers of her generation Observer

In the summer of 1816, aged nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A pioneering work of science fiction, it captured the popular imagination from the start. The daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley lived an unconventional life marred by tragedy. At sixteen she scandalised ..

The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT

Sir Quentin Oliver steals the manuscript of Fleur Talbot's novel, "Warrender Chase". What sinister use will he make of it? Or, more tantalizing still, what if fiction were to overpower trust and Fleur's novel appropriate him?

The critically acclaimed story of an independent-minded Scottish schoolteacher returns in a new edition. Includes an updated author biography and a history of the book's publications. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

An election is held at the abbey of Crewe and the new lady abbess takes up her high office with implacable serenity. This is a satirical fantasy about ecclesiastical and other kinds of politics. The author has also written "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Girls of Slender Means".

As the guests assemble at American painter Hurley Reed's London dinner party, they wonder about the lateness of Hilda Damien, who at the moment is being murdered. By the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Reprint.

In the May of Teck Club -- a London hostel 'three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit' -- the young lady residents do their best to act as if the war never happened -- Back cover.