The Go-Away Bird : and Other Stories

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The Go-Away Bird : and Other Stories / Muriel Spark. - London : Penguin Books, 1963. - 188, [1] strona ; 20 cm.

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura angielska

Subject

Religia Tajemnica Relacje międzyludzkie Zjawiska paranormalne Anglia (Wielka Brytania) Afryka

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Opowiadania i nowele

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Penguin Books

Overall The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories is an intriguing curate's egg. Like Scott Fitzgerald, Spark sometimes wrote rather bad pieces. Like him, she also wrote plenty of things that were exceptionally good. This book contains no genuine duds - in fact, I suspect that even the ones I have criticised may emerge as far better than I realise, once I've let them settle in my memory for a while. My favourites in the collection are those that contain an obvious element of the supernatural, but, for readers who like things that don't immediately give up their secrets, each story has its own particular strangeness and is worthy of at least one read through.

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There are copies available to loan: sygn. O 27867 (1 egz.)

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Zawiera: The Black Madonna ; The Pawnbroker's Wife ; The Twins ; Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse ; "A sad tale's best for Winter" ; Daisy Overend ; You Should Have Seen The Mess ; Come Along, Marjorie ; The Seraph and The Zambesi ; The Portobello Road.