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Appointment in Arezzo
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Appointment in Arezzo—A friendship with Muriel Spark
A remarkable friendship with Muriel Spark
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About the Ebook
This book is an intimate, fond and funny memoir of one of the greatest novelists of the last century. This colourful, personal, anecdotal, indiscreet and admiring memoir charts the course of Muriel Spark's life revealing her as she really was. Once, she commented sitting over a glass of chianti at the kitchen table, that she was upset that the academic whom she had appointed her official biographer did not appear to think that she had ever cracked a joke in her life. Alan Taylor here sets the record straight about this and many other things.
With sources ranging from notebooks kept from his very first encounter with Muriel and the hundreds of letters they exchanged over the years, this is an invaluable portrait of one of Edinburgh's premiere novelists. The book was published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Muriel's birth.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Discover a remarkable friendship with Muriel Spark
- Explore rare personal insight into a literary icon's life
- Engage with intimate and illuminating memoir writing
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'So true in its friendship to and its critique of Spark and her work that I found myself still reading it walking along streets and waiting for Tube trains — it celebrates Spark's work with real understanding while it celebrates their friendship with candour and warmth. I loved it' Financial Times, Best Books of 2017
'Insightful, fond and gossipy — with a Sparkian title to boot' The Observer
'An affectionate but clear-sighted memoir — alert and alive, almost novelistically nuanced' The Herald
'Anyone who loves Muriel Spark's novels will enjoy this intelligent and affectionate book' The Scotsman
'Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Non-fiction Book of the Year'
About the Author
Alan Taylor has contributed to numerous publications, including The TLS, The New Yorker and The Melbourne Age, and edited four acclaimed anthologies – The Assassin's Cloak (2000), The Secret Annexe (2004), The Country Diaries (2009) and most recently, Glasgow: TheAutobiography (2016).
Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 02 November 2017
Print Length: 176 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857909398
Format: Ebook
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