I just read a short story by Muriel Spark (“The
Portobello Road”) and I’m in the middle of writing up an analysis. Hopefully I won’t lose my saved documents
like I did last month and waste all my effort.
“The Portobello Road” is a
fascinating ghost story which should appeal to literary and not-so-literary
readers. So if you have read it or by
chance you have it in a collection and have the chance to read it, check on my
analysis of the story. I searched and
searched on the internet to see if there was an online edition, but I just
couldn’t find one. In the meantime you
might want to look up Muriel Spark’s biography on Wikipedia. Among other things she was a Roman Catholic
convert.
In the meantime I leave you with this most notable
quote. I can’t argue with art and
religion, which I would say are intertwined, but I might put science ahead of
philosophy, given that I’m an engineer.
No, I take that back. Though
philosophy irritates me, I think she’s got it just right.
Art and religion first; then
philosophy; lastly science. That is the
order of the great subjects of life, that’s the order of importance.
-Muriel Spark
Back up your writing on an external drive and smile, smile, smile!
ReplyDeleteI have been for completed documents. I haven't gotten into the habit of documents that are in process.
DeleteI suspect the reason there is no online edition is because the book is still within Copyright. Muriel Sparks died in 2006 - copyright stays with a book for 70 years after death - then it becomes public. Th book is available on Amazon and other bookstores. I look forward to your review on this Scottish writer from Edinburgh.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, did you ever get to read my latest book "To love a priest"?
God bless.
Oh I haven't. I usually read something like that during the summer. Thanks for the reminder.
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