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The girls of slender means book the seattle public. The girls of slender means is dame muriel sparks tragic portrait of a london ladies hostel just emerging from the shadow of world war ii. When their friend nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 when all the best people were poor. The girls of slender means is a novella written in 1963 by scottish author muriel spark. The girls of slender means are residents of the may of teck club, a hostel in london at the end of world war ii.
She was active in the field of creative writing since 1950, when she won a shortstory writing competition in the observer, and her many subsequent novels include memento mori 1959, the ballad of peckham rye 1960, the prime of miss jean brodie 1961, the girls of slender means 1963 and aiding and abetting 2000. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1999, and was written by muriel spark. Read the girls of slender means new directions classic by muriel spark available from rakuten kobo. Bustle bustle themes of lasting passion, friendship, reflections in old age, and how people react to challenging circumstances all feature in allendes newest saga, which. Chosen by anthony burgess as one of the best modern novels in the sunday times of london, the girls of slender means is a taut and eerily perfect novel by an author the new york times has called one of this centurys finest creators of comicmetaphysical entertainment. Its worth reading, but i think one should keep in mind that it contains sexual assault, animal violencedeath of a pet, death of a parent, and outing.
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