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A good comb : the sayings of Muriel Spark

Title
A good comb : the sayings of Muriel Spark / edited by Penelope Jardine.
Author
Spark, Muriel
Publication
  • New York : New Directions Books, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
Jardine, Penelope
Description
xi, 80 pages; 19 cm
Summary
A Good Comb, a small selection of brilliant advice, asides, sayings, and aphorisms, celebrates the immortal Muriel Spark's hundredth birthday. Enjoy her lively, pointed, puckish insights: "Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities." "It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles." "The sacrifice of pleasure is of course itself a pleasure." "It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist." "She wasn't a person to whom things happen." "You look for one thing and you find another." "It calms you down, a good comb.""--Page 4 of cover.
Uniform Title
Quotations. Selections
Alternative Title
Quotations.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sayings.
Note
  • "New Directions paperbook original."
Contents
Introduction -- A few words of advice -- Writing -- Sex & love -- Wisdom -- Religion -- Art -- The observing eye -- Power -- Truth -- A few last words of advice.
Call Number
JFC 18-240
ISBN
  • 9780811227605
  • 081122760X
LCCN
2017041787
OCLC
992567604
Author
Spark, Muriel, author.
Title
A good comb : the sayings of Muriel Spark / edited by Penelope Jardine.
Publisher
New York : New Directions Books, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Jardine, Penelope, editor.
Research Call Number
JFC 18-240
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