Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice - Rilegato

Byatt, A. S.

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ISBN 10: 0375502505 ISBN 13: 9780375502507

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1999

Riassunto

A new anthology of short fiction from the author of Possession explores the theme of opposites--alienation and passion, life and art--in the tales of a woman who feels the need to flee after witnessing her husband's death and that of a princess from a cold climate who marries a prince from a desert kingdom. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

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Recensione:

"Fired by a fierce intelligence and related in shimmering prose.  This eclectic little volume should delight A. S. Byatt's devoted readers and attract many new ones."  -The New York Times

"A stunning display.... Elementals combines finely wrought stories with imagery as sparkling as jewels.  It is a work that should not be missed."  -The Denver Post

"A wonderful book-complex, amusing, clever, and thought-provoking--a reader's dream."  -The Plain Dealer
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

A. S. Byatt is famed for her short fiction, collected in Sugar and Other Stories, The Matisse Stories, and The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye. Her full-length novels include the Booker Prize-winning Possession and the trilogy sequence The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, and Babel Tower.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375502505
• ISBN 13: 9780375502507
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 229