{"product_id":"the-girls-of-slender-means-paperback","title":"The Girls of Slender Means - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMuriel Spark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the May of Teck Club itself--\"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit\"--its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. The novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the Best Modern Novels in the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e of London, \u003cem\u003eThe Girls of Slender Means\u003c\/em\u003e is a taut and eerily perfect novel by an author \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has called \"one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Girls of Slender Means is Dame Muriel Spark's tragic portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club itself - \"three times window-shattered since 1940 but never directly hit\" - its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. The novel's ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 7.99 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757704610080,"sku":"9780811213790","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8864b191e094b092a36fadf8c7552ac9.webp?v=1780109568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-girls-of-slender-means-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}