Memento Mori (Virago Modern Classics)
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark, published by Virago on February 4, 2010, is a novel set in late 1950s London that explores the lives of a group of elderly friends. Each is unnerved by an unsettling voice on the telephone that ominously reminds them, “Remember you must die.” This peculiar phenomenon leads to the unearthing of long-buried secrets, revealing a world of blackmail and adultery beneath their seemingly respectable lives.
Readers will find a narrative that balances elements of the uncanny with sharp wit and humor. As the characters grapple with the implications of mortality, the story delves into themes of friendship and the complexities of aging. Memento Mori presents a unique blend of the spooky and the comedic, inviting reflection on life even as it contemplates death. This edition spans 240 pages and is written in English, making it accessible to a wide audience.
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Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs each, “Remember you must die.” Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled by these seemingly supernatural phone calls, and in the resulting flurry many old secrets are dusted off. Beneath the once decorous surface of their lives, unsavories like blackmail and adultery are now to be glimpsed. As spooky as it is witty, poignant and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book which leaves one relishing life all the more.
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