The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Five Fairy Stories
by A. S. Byatt
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Editions of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1997 |
Price $1.00 |
 Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Book |
Publisher Chatto & Windus |
Date 1994 |
Price $5.00 |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1998 |
Price $2.32 |
Good Condition |
Publisher Notes
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 interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable.The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatts remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor."A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous."--Boston Globe
"Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely."--Chicago Tribune
"Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales."--Washington Post Book World
Media Reviews
"Four short fairy tales with a contemporary edge, and one novella-length tale that brilliantly transforms a story of middle-age angst into a celebration of serendipity and sex."
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