Reality and Dreams
{{short description|1996 novel by Muriel Spark}}
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| name = Reality and Dreams
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| caption = First edition
| author = Muriel Spark
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| cover_artist = J. M. W. Turner
Scarlet Sunset
Tate Gallery{{Cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=52003|title = 'The Scarlet Sunset', Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1830–40}}
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| publisher = Constable (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
| release_date = 1996
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| media_type = Print & audio
| pages = 160
| isbn = 0-09-469670-5
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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.The Best Novels of the Nineties by Linda Parent Lesher, page 363, {{ISBN|0-7864-0742-5}}
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...
References
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External links
- [https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/11/reviews/970511.11fitzget.html A Character in One of God's Dreams] by Penelope Fitzgerald in The New York Times May 11, 1997
{{Muriel Spark}}