Books ‘Vital, witty, formidably blithe’: Ali Smith on Muriel Spark at 100 Spark shone a light on her times, and ours. In the week of her centenary, her fellow Scottish novelist celebrates a writer who gave us the gift of the future Blithe spirit … Muriel Spark. Photograph: Jerry Bauer/APRecently I found myself rereading Muriel Spark’s novel The Mandelbaum Gate for the first time in 30 years. I think Spark’s is. People don’t tend to think of Spark as particularly politically engaged as a writer.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 07:52 UTC