The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye by A S Byatt

The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye by A S Byatt

The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.

Those new to the world of Byatt might well begin here, with these tales-within-tales, which one can read as anything from contemporary allegories - such as the superb Dragon's Breath, evoking every idyll that ever fell foul of war or famine - to sheer celebrations of storytelling itself * Vogue *
The familiar elements of fairy story come to life under AS. Byatt's touch...with lightness, precision, grace * Observer *
A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas * Spectator *
The fairy story is obviously a form that fascinates A.S. Byatt, it suits her spare, cool prose and this collection enables her to create very different effects... a beautifully produced book * Financial Times *

A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780099521310
ISBN 10	0099521318
Title	The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye
Author	A S Byatt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1995-09-07
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.