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Possession
A Romance
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1991
152 kr
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Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit …
Possession
A Romance
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 2007
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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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 …
Possession
A Romance
Av A.S. Byatt
Inbunden, 2024
239 kr
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In this stunning literary mystery, two scholars uncover a hidden love affair that refuses to stay buried. Roland Michell is a young academic drifting through obscurity when he discovers a letter in the archive of the Victorian poet Randolph Henry Ash. The letter hints at a secret relationship with …
Possession
Av A.S. Byatt
Inbunden, 2013
215 kr
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When mild-mannered and unremarkable academic Roland Mitchell stumbles upon a letter written by Victorian poet Randolph Ash to a mysterious woman with whom he seems to be infatuated, he is determined to uncover the truth.Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, Possession defies categorization. Rich in …
Angels And Insects
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1993
152 kr
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Like A.S. Byatt’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, these two mesmerising novellas are set in the nineteenth century. In Morpho Eugenia, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studies. In The Conjugal Angel, curious …
Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye
Five Fairy Stories
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1995
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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**FEATURING THE STORY THAT INSPIRED NEW FILM THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING**A S Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton …
Ragnarok
The End of the Gods
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 2019
139 kr
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As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.Linguistically stunning and imaginatively …
Possession
Av A.S. Byatt
Ljudbok, 2005
715 kr
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Winner of England''s Booker Prize and a literary sensation Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. As a pair of young scholars research the lives of two Victorian poets, they uncover their letters, journals, and poems, and …
Elementals
Stories of Fire and Ice
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1999
152 kr
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In the same delectable format as The Matisse Stories, this collection deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; …
Unruly Times
Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1997
141 kr
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Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration of the Romantic Movement and the dramatic events that shaped it. With a novelist's insight and eye for detail, A. S. Byatt brings alive this tumultuous period and shows a deep …
Little Black Book of Stories
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 2004
203 kr
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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 …
Whistling Woman
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 2003
239 kr
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It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. While she endeavours to navigate this fast-paced and occasionally bewildering industry, her lover John takes up a post working with a pair of unusual scientists. Yet in Frederica’s home county of …
Memory
Av A.S. Byatt, Harriet Harvey Wood
Häftad, 2009
212 kr
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This fascinating anthology introduces us to a wide range of arguments on the subject of memory, the thread that holds our lives, and our history, together. Arranged in themed sections, the book includes specially commissioned essays by the editors and by writers with expertise in different fields - …
Matisse Stories
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1994
139 kr
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Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling -- about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being.Their subjects' lives unravel from simple …
Virgin in the Garden
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1994
173 kr
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In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new …
Still Life
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1995
239 kr
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Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. It isn’t long before she becomes infatuated with a mysterious and controlling poet. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. …
Children's Book
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 2010
152 kr
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Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the …
Babel Tower
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1997
190 kr
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After her husband becomes violent, Frederica Potter flees with her young son to London. There, she secures a teaching position in an art school, and finds herself surrounded by painters and poets with dreams of rebellion. Then Frederica meets Jude Mason, the strange and charismatic author of a …
Shadow of the Sun
A Novel
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1991
215 kr
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It is the height of summer. After she is expelled from boarding school, Anna Severell returns to the strict, orderly house of her father, a celebrated novelist. The family is soon joined by Oliver Canning, a talented young academic who urges her to take control of her future. As autumn begins and …
Game
Av A.S. Byatt
Häftad, 1992
215 kr
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Cassandra is an Oxford don; Julia, her sister, a bestselling novelist. They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both.Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme on snakes and intrudes into …
On Histories & Stories - Selected Essays (Cobee)
Selected Essays
Av AS Byatt
Häftad, 2002
544 kr
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In a series of essays on the complicated relations between reading, writing and remembering, gifted novelist and critic Byatt sorts the modish from the merely interesting and the truly good to arrive at a new view of British writing in our time.
Children's Book
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the …
Possession
A Romance
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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In this stunning literary mystery, two scholars uncover a hidden love affair that refuses to stay buried. Roland Michell is a young academic drifting through obscurity when he discovers a letter in the archive of the Victorian poet Randolph Henry Ash. The letter hints at a secret relationship with …
Little Black Book of Stories
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2018
102 kr
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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 …
Stone Woman (Storycuts)
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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Following the death of her mother, an elderly woman begins to undergo a transfiguration. Her body grows flinty, toughens and crystallises. An Icelandic stonemason she meets in a graveyard becomes her sole confidant. As her inexorable metamorphosis continues, the stories he has to tell of his …
Body Art (Storycuts)
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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Damien, a gynaecological consultant and lapsed Catholic, replaces Christian icons with modern art; he worships the absence of God in the abstract staining of paint and ink. But when a vagrant young art student shows up in the ward, he once more has cause to question his personal and aesthetic …
Raw Material (Storycuts)
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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A downtrodden creative writing teacher despairs at the efforts of his students, at turns nakedly autobiographical or fanciful beyond reason. When an elderly lady begins submitting work in accordance with his 'write what you know' directive, his enthusiasm for the craft re-emerges. However some …
Pink Ribbon (Storycuts)
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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It has been five years since Madeleine has recognised her husband James. As she drops deeper into her dementia, their lives fill up with the ghosts of her past and of Blitz-era London. When late one night his loneliness causes him to welcome a distressed young lady into their home, he must …
Thing in the Forest (Storycuts)
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2011
57 kr
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Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two little girls, extracted from their homes in wartime London, encounter something terrifying in a forest. Later when they meet as grown women, they realise the experience has coloured their lives. A dark tale about the nature of stories themselves.Part of …
Unruly Times
Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time
Av A.S. Byatt
E-bok, 2018
108 kr
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Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration of the Romantic Movement and the dramatic events that shaped it. With a novelist's insight and eye for detail, A. S. Byatt brings alive this tumultuous period and shows a deep …
