Ragnarok: The End of the Gods - Brossura

Byatt, A. S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0802120849 ISBN 13: 9780802120847

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2013

Riassunto

Presents a retelling of the Norse myth about the end of the world that follows the blitz-era evacuation of a young girl whose worldview is dramatically changed upon reading "Asgard and the Gods."

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L'autore:

A.S. Byatt is an internationally acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and critic. Her books include the Booker Prize-winning Possession, as well as The Children's Book and the quartet of The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and A Whistling Woman. She was appointed Dame of the British Empire in 1999 and has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen award, and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. She lives in London, England.

Product Description:

The gods meet their cataclysmic end in this acclaimed work of fiction from the inimitable author of "Possession" and "The Children's Book," now in paperback. As the bombs rain down on Britain, one young girl struggling to make sense of her new life, whose dark, war-ravaged days feel very removed from the peace and love being preached in church and at school.

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0802120849
• ISBN 13: 9780802120847
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 177