The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories by A.S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt's fairy-tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction-whether standing alone or inset like jewelled parables in the middle of a complex novel. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy-tales in Possession - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' tale of the Breton Baie des Trepasses to be published separately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings - 'Tongues of Fire' (written for an international writers' project for aid for Sarajevo), and the title story 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye'. This long story, about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a substantial new work, a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.
Hardback | 288 pages
126 x 180 x 28mm | 380g
17 Nov 1994
Vintage Publishing
CHATTO & WINDUS
London, United Kingdom
0701162783
9780701162788
Condition: Good
A secondhand book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (very minimal scuff marks, and a small patch of discolouring on the front). All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.