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The Driver's Seat is a novella by Muriel Spark. Published in 1970, it was advertised as "a metaphysical shocker". It is in the psychological thriller genre, dealing with themes of alienation, isolation and loss of spiritual values.
1 sty 2001 · Muriel Spark, John Lanchester (Introduction) 3.61. 10,691 ratings1,582 reviews. Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340. Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking. One day she walks out of her office, acquires a gaudy new outfit, adopts a girlier tone of voice, and heads to the airport to fly south.
Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime.
Plot Summary. Muriel Spark’s novel The Driver’s Seat (1970) utilizes the present tense, giving the story a sense of urgency even though there is very little action. Lise is shopping for a colorful dress to wear on a trip on which she is about to embark.
22 lis 2010 · The driver's seat : Spark, Muriel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Spark, Muriel. Publication date. 1970. Topics. Women, Murder. Publisher. New York, Knopf. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 153.1M.
8 lut 2018 · The Driver’s Seat, the story of a young woman who plots her own death at the hands of a convicted sex maniac, is the preferred Spark novel of many, including Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Written in Rome and published in 1970, The Driver’s Seat was Spark’s own favourite of her 22 novels. The 88-page thriller is also the ...
In Muriel Spark’s brilliantly dark novella, a search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience turns into a journey of self-destruction. After having been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants’ office for 16 years, Lise flies south in search of passion and adventure.
