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A new collection, mixing folk and fairy tale with everyday life.
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Synopsis
Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt
A new collection of stories from A. S. Byatt is always a winner, and this one takes an unexpected turn, bringing shivers as well as delights. Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their fears and memories and the strange thing they saw in their childhood - or thought they saw - so long ago. A distinguished obstetrician and young woman artist find they have sharply contrasting ideas about body parts, birth and death; an innocent member of an evening class harbours unexpected view on 'raw material'-The stories in this marvellous collection are by turns funny, spooky, sparkling and haunting.
The Little Black Book of Stories holds its secrets, adding a dark quality to Byatt's famous skill in mixing folk and fairy tale with everyday life.
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About the Author
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A. S. Byatt is internationally acclaimed as a novelist, short
story writer and critic. Educated at York and Newnham College,
Cambridge, she taught at the Central School of Art and Design, and was
Senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before
becoming a full-time writer in 1983. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and
DBE in 1999. Her most recent novel is A Whistling Woman, the conclusion
of the famous 'Frederica' quartet.
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Book Info
Format
Paperback
240 pages
Author
A.S. Byatt
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Publisher
Vintage
Publication
date
4th November 2004
ISBN
9780099429951
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