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  | | Little Black Book of Stories(Intl. Edition) by A. S. Byatt Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7560-7, ISBN: 1-4000-7560-2 "Like Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, Isak Dinesen and Angela Carter, A. S. Byatt knows that fairy tales are for grownups. And in this ravishing collection she breathes new life into the form.Little Black Book of Stories offers shivers along with magical thrills. Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women, childhood friends reunited by chance, venture into a dark forest where once, many years before, th ..." |
 | | Ragnarok(Reprint) The End of the Gods (Canons) by A.S. Byatt Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Canongate Canons ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-452-6, ISBN: 1-78689-452-1 "As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.Linguistically stunning and imaginatively abundant, Byatt's mesmerising tale - inspired by the myth of Ragnarok -is a landmark piece of storytelling from one of the world's truly great w ..." |
 | | On Histories and Stories(1st Edition) Selected Essays (Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature) by Antonia Susan Byatt Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00451-1, ISBN: 0-674-00451-5 " As writers of English from Australia to India to Sri Lanka command our attention, Salman Rushdie can state confidently that English fiction was moribund until the Empire wrote back, and few, even among the British, demur. A. S. Byatt does, and her case is persuasive. In a series of essays on the complicated relations between reading, writing, and remembering, the gifted novelist and critic sorts the modish from the merely interesting a ..." |
 | | The Children's Book - A Novel(Reprint) by A. S. Byatt, J.K.Rowling Paperback, 896 Pages, Published 2010 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-47306-6, ISBN: 0-307-47306-6 "From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Possession: a deeply affecting story of a singular family. When children’s book author Olive Wellwood’s oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of a museum, she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends. But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country houseâand the separate, private books she writes for each of her seve ..." |
 | | Elementals Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2000 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70575-5, ISBN: 0-375-70575-9 "From the booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes this richly imaginitive story collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites--passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice--clash and converge.A beautiful ice maiden risks her life when she falls in love with a desert prince, whose passionate touches scorch her delicate skin. A woman flees the scene of her husband's heart attack, leaving her entire ..." |
 | | Imagining Characters(1st Edition) Six Conversations About Women Writers: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison by A. S. Byatt, Ignes Sodre, Rebecca Swift Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1997 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-679-77753-3, ISBN: 0-679-77753-9 "In this innovative and wide-ranging book, Byatt and the psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre bring their different sensibilities to bear on six novels they have read and loved: Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park," Bronte's "Villette," George Elliot's "Daniel Deronda," Willa Cather's "The Professor's House," Iris Murdoch's "An Unofficial Rose," and Toni Morrison's "Beloved." The results are nothing less than an education in the ways literature grips its ..." |
 | | The Pocket Canons Bible Series Authorised King James Version: Song of Solomon (The Pocket Canons Bible Series) by A. S. Byatt, Antonia Susan Byatt Paperback, 33 Pages, Published 2011 by Canongate Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-86241-793-2, ISBN: 0-86241-793-7 "The only piece of erotic literature in the Bible, this book was regarded by earlier devotees as an allegory of God's love for his people. Taking the form of a poem, the song tells of two lovers praising each other's bodies. The text is introduced by A.S. Byatt." |
 | | Still Life(Reprint) by Antonia Susan Byatt Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1997 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-684-83503-7, ISBN: 0-684-83503-7 "Raphael Faber Frederica showed this to Alan and Tony. She was indignant. "I put in nothing that isn't common knowledge. I don't know anything that isn't. I wrote it because I admired him ... Rilke's correspondence, the Duino Elegies (not a library copy). His note-taking was like his printed poems, fine and black and small and clear amid spaces of white paper. Some of the black lines were Greek and some were Hebrew. The human sign w ..." |
 | | The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A. S. Byatt Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-76222-5, ISBN: 0-679-76222-1 "The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interac ..." |
 | | Unruly Times Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time by A. S. Byatt 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-4481-6259-8, ISBN: 1-4481-6259-9 "Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration of the Romantic Movement and the dramatic events that shaped it." |
 | | Possession(1st Edition) by Antonia Susan Byatt, A.E. Dolbear, As Byatt, B. Medawar P. Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1991 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73590-8, ISBN: 0-679-73590-9 ""Literary critics make natural detectives," says Maud Bailey, heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters, and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow academic and accidental sleuth, Maud discovers a love affair between the two Victorian writers the pair has dedicated their lives to studying: Randolph Ash, a literary great long assumed to be a devoted and faithful husband, and Christabe ..." |
 | | Passions of the Mind Selected Writings (Vintage International) by A. S. Byatt 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-81957-4, ISBN: 0-307-81957-4 "'No, why should I?' said Stuart, surprised. 'It's one method of breaking up illusions of selfsatisfaction.' But Stuart is suspicious of stories and resists mystery. 'It's dark inside, Stuart.' 'You mean original sin. I'm not concerned with those guilt ..." |
 | | Sugar and Other Stories by A. S. Byatt 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-81954-3, ISBN: 0-307-81954-X "A.S. Byatt's short fictions, collected in paperback for the first time, explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it, resulting in a book that compels us to ..." |
 | | The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt 624 Pages, Published 2009 by Vintage Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37383-0, ISBN: 0-307-37383-5 "I was also helped by Mary Wondrausch whose book on slipware — apart from being full of interest — was also fiill of technical information and delectable vocabulary. My friend and translator Melanie Walz, who lives in Munich, showed me the city and took me to the puppet museum — and to everywhere else — and shared her wide knowledge ofGerman and Bavarian art and life, over many years . The book could not have been written without her ..." |
 | | Little Black Book of Stories by A. S. Byatt 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-42663-5, ISBN: 0-307-42663-7 "Damian closed his face into a simple polite listening. “She wants an abortion. I looked at her records. She asked for one before, and we ... She looked up at him whitely. “No, thank you.” “It's not 'yes please' or 'no thank you,' Daisy, it's stand up now and come with me. Now.” “You can't hit me.” “Don't be silly. I'm trying to help.” “That's not what you look like you're doing.” “That's because I'm also upset. I'm human. Now, come ..." |
 | | The Matisse Stories(Updated) by Antonia Susan Byatt, Douglas Coupland Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1994 by Vintage Books Import ISBN-13: 978-0-09-947271-1, ISBN: 0-09-947271-6 |
 | | The Virgin in the Garden(Reprint) by A.S. Byatt, Nancy L. Nickell Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1992 by Vintage Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73829-9, ISBN: 0-679-73829-0 "A novel in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy intersect richly and unpredictably. The events in this tale revolve around an eccentric family and the staging of a play about Elizabeth I." |
 | | The Game by A.S. Byatt Paperback, Published 1989 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-011589-5, ISBN: 0-14-011589-7 |
 | | Still Life(Updated) (King Penguin S.) by A. S. Byatt Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1986 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-008703-1, ISBN: 0-14-008703-6 |
 | | Virgin In The Garden(Updated) (King Penguin) by A. S. Byatt Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1981 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-005494-1, ISBN: 0-14-005494-4 |
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