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Still Lifeby A.S. Byatt
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Book DescriptionScribner, 1997-04-01. Reissue. Paperback. Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. Book summaryThis sequel to THE VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN continues A.S. Byatt's story of an intellectual English family, the Potters. In STILL LIFE, Frederica Potter is at Cambridge, bursting with the need to finally live her life. Her sister Stephanie, on the other hand, opts for a small-town and a fairly tame marriage. Art, particularly painting, is a major motif in the novel, which includes the character Alexander Wedderburn, who is trying to write a play about Van Gogh.Media Reviews"A.S. Byatt's novel 'Still Life' is a protean animal: a debate about significations, a punctilious account of 1950s English life, and--eventually--an argument with Kingsley Amis." -- D.J. Taylor, Times Literary Supplement "I am, as always, amazed and rewarded by her intelligence and sensitivity." -- Toni Morrison "We are in the presence of a remarkable intelligence." -- Anthony Burgess "When my father was dying, I wrote 'Still Life,' which I had intended should be a bare, precise novel, telling things...exactly, recognisably, without metaphor or analogy...A leitmotif in that novel was Vincent Van Gogh's painting of the yellow chair..." -- A. S. Byatt Publisher NotesFrom the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly acclaimed novel which captures in brilliant detail the life of one extended English family--and illuminates the choices they must make between domesticity and ambition, life and art. Toni Morrison, author of Beloved, writes of Byatt: "When it comes to probing characters her scalpel is sure but gentle. She is a loving surgeon". Other Recommended Books
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