A romance, a literary quest, a modern classic.‘Possession is eloquent about the intense pleasures of reading. And, with sumptuous artistry, it provides a feast of them’ Sunday TimesA pair of young scholars investigate the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story.‘Exhilarating genius’ Guardian**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-02
Mått:129 x 197 x 39 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Vintage Classics
Antal sidor:624
Förlag:Vintage Publishing
ISBN:9780099503927

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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.