Reality and Dreams

Reality and Dreams is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark, published in 1996. It was identified by the New York Times Book Review as one of the notable books of 1997.[2]

Reality and Dreams
First edition
AuthorMuriel Spark
Cover artistJ.M.W. Turner
"Scarlet Sunset"
Tate Gallery[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherConstable (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Publication date
1996
Media typePrint & audio
Pages160
ISBN0-09-469670-5

Plot introduction

The story concerns Tom Richards, a successful British film director and serial womanizer, who has just fallen from a crane whilst shooting his latest film. During his lengthy recuperation he attempts to maintain control of the film, whilst the relationships in his extended family are tested as his daughter Marigold disappears...

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gollark: But then you need even MORE slaves to harvest and manage the plants.
gollark: Even if you can live entirely on those, it would be unhealthy and thus worsen the slaves, and producing that at the necessary scales would still be polluting.
gollark: But climate change is caused by greenhouse gases, which slaves produce, as does their food production.
gollark: Unfortunately, nuclear physics was poorly understood at that time, and they didn't have the necessary technologies to make much use of it in any case.

References

  1. http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=52003
  2. The Best Novels of the Nineties by Linda Parent Lesher, page 363, ISBN 0-7864-0742-5
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