Angels And Insects
$33.23
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
21 October 1993
Summary
Reissued with a beautiful new illustrative cover, two magical and timeless novellas from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession.
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 individuals—some fict…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099224310 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099224313 |
| Author: | A.S. Byatt |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 21 October 1993 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 20mm |
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“Her plot is as compelling as that of a classical detective story, but it is the quality of the writing - its use and unity of metaphor, its sensuous language, its wit and intellectual playfulness - which renders it remarkable” – Amanda Craig Literary Review “A. S. Byatt is one of our finest living novelists, who manages to tease and to satisfy both the intellect and the imagination … I am already a convinced admirer of the works of A. S. Byatt. ANGELS & INSECTS should win over many more enthusiasts” – Caroline Moore Daily Telegraph “Victorian and fun … marvellous and maddening … a display and a delight” – Nicci Gerrard Observer “Her best work to date” Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
A.S. Byatt
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.
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