sad but funny
so I was looking at austin american statesman online when the title of this article popped up....and I had to chuckle...ah what memories
Author wrote 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'
British novelist Muriel Spark, 88, dies in Tuscany.
FROM WIRE REPORTS
Sunday, April 16, 2006
ROME - Dame Muriel Spark, 88, whose novels made her one of the most admired British writers of the postwar years, died in Tuscany, Italian officials announced Saturday.
Spark died Thursday in a hospital in Florence, said Massimiliano Dindalini, the mayor of the Tuscan village of Civitella della Chiana, where Scotland native Spark had lived for almost three decades.
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She wrote more than 20 novels, including "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," which became a Broadway hit and a film.
Most of Spark's novels are short and spare, with plots often macabre, satirical or darkly humorous. In 1961's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" a teacher at a girls school in the 1930s inspires her students with her love of Italy and art. But Brodie's influence over them takes a darker turn as she voices admiration for Hitler and Mussolini.
In 1970's "The Driver's Seat," the protagonist seeks someone to kill her. "The Abbess of Crewe," a satire written after the Watergate scandal, is about politics in a church community.
Author wrote 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'
British novelist Muriel Spark, 88, dies in Tuscany.
FROM WIRE REPORTS
Sunday, April 16, 2006
ROME - Dame Muriel Spark, 88, whose novels made her one of the most admired British writers of the postwar years, died in Tuscany, Italian officials announced Saturday.
Spark died Thursday in a hospital in Florence, said Massimiliano Dindalini, the mayor of the Tuscan village of Civitella della Chiana, where Scotland native Spark had lived for almost three decades.
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She wrote more than 20 novels, including "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," which became a Broadway hit and a film.
Most of Spark's novels are short and spare, with plots often macabre, satirical or darkly humorous. In 1961's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" a teacher at a girls school in the 1930s inspires her students with her love of Italy and art. But Brodie's influence over them takes a darker turn as she voices admiration for Hitler and Mussolini.
In 1970's "The Driver's Seat," the protagonist seeks someone to kill her. "The Abbess of Crewe," a satire written after the Watergate scandal, is about politics in a church community.