Tag: Muriel Spark

  • The Five Most Neglected Novels of the 20th Century

    The first half of the 20th century is littered with so many classic works of fiction that one would need two lifetimes to both read and re-read all the major works of those first five decades, let alone explore the minor and underappreciated novels of the period. All of the novels in my list were published after…

  • Advice For The Troubled

    “It is a good thing to go to Paris for a few days if you have had a lot of trouble, and that is my advice for everyone except Parisians.”  -Muriel Spark

  • Muriel Spark’s “A Far Cry From Kensington”

      A New Directions edition. Had the good fortune of finding the novel A Far Cry From Kensington by the British novelist Muriel Spark this past weekend. I have had Memento Mori on my shelf for some time, but have not gotten around to reading it. This New Directions edition was just $1 at Book-Off, which is…