The Girls of Slender Means
A European Literature, Classics, Fiction book. it never really occurred to her that literary men, if...
Like the May of Teck Club itself, "three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit," the young women of London after WWII do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. 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...
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it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls. Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means // You don't know what it's like trying to eat enough to live on and at the same time avoid fats and carbohydrates. Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means // after thirty years' hostile fellowship with Collie, of course she did quite well understand that collie had a habit of skipping several stages in the logical sequence of her thoughts and would utter apparently disconnected statements, especially when confused by unfamiliar subject or the presence of a man Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means //
Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions.After a glorious first sentence like that, how could Mrs Spark fail to deliver her usual sparkling cocktail of absurd every-day business, chaotic lifestyles and abrupt drama? Her story is set in the direct aftermath of the Second World War, allowing for... Wry and insightful and so well written. There is a lot here for such a slim novel. Highly memorable. This is quintessential Spark. Though there's no teacher-figure (only a few impotent spinsters), the action is set in a young women's lodging house that feels like a boarding school a la The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. In the future of the main action, there are telephone calls informing of a death that reminded me of Memento Mori. Spark's...
