January Marlow, a heroine with a Catholic outlook of the most unsentimental stripe, is one of three survivors out of twenty-nine souls when her plane crashes, blazing, on Robinson's island. Presumed dead for months, the three survivors...

Je älter wir alle werden, desto frischer und makabrer wird dieser Roman: ein Meisterwerk des schwarzen Humors über Alter und Tod." Christine Dössel Mit erbarmungsloser Komik schildert Muriel Spark die Abenteuer des unverbesserlichen...

Muriel Spark, DBE, C.Litt., was born in Edinburgh in 1918 and educated in Scotland. A poet, essayist and novelist, she is most well-known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and her writing is widely celebrated for its biting wit and...

A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel by Muriel Spark, 'mistress of the highest high comedy' (The Times) von Spark, Muriel

Muriel Spark (born February 1, 1918) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She began writing seriously after the war, beginning with poetry and literary criticism. In 1947, she became editor of the Poetry Review. Her first novel The...

"Wenn du Talent hast für die Liebe: Die Gedichte" von Christa Schuenke ist eine Sammlung von lyrischen Werken, die sich mit den vielfältigen Facetten der Liebe auseinandersetzen. Die Gedichte erkunden Themen wie Leidenschaft, Sehnsucht,...

In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone reminds each: Remember you must die. Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled, and many an old unsavory secret...