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The Little Black Book of Stories
A S Byatt
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Description for The Little Black Book of Stories
Paperback. Presents a collection of Byatt stories that are by turns funny, spooky, and sad. This book includes the stories of two middle aged women who walk into a forest confronting their childhood fears and memories; of a distinguished male obstetrician and a young woman artist who have very different ideas about body parts, birth and death; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099429951
SKU
V9780099429951
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About A S Byatt
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Little Black Book of Stories
These little stories by one of Britain's foremost grandes dames of the writing world are a delightful surprise, packing a much greater punch than many full-length novels... They are moving, thought-provoking, witty and shocking all at once
Sunday Telegraph
A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful. Byatt is a vivid colourist
Sunday Times
As ever, Byatt's language ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful. Byatt is a vivid colourist
Sunday Times
As ever, Byatt's language ... Read more