Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears

- Iris Murdoch,

Glorious… Frederica is a magnificent creation; awkward, fierce, intellectually voracious and sexually inexperienced

- Francesca Segal, author of The Awkward Age,

Affords enormous and continuous pleasure

- Anita Brookner,

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Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us

The Times

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. Meanwhile, their younger brother Marcus begins to recover from a nervous breakdown. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.
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Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.
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Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears
'A major novel - a marvellous and most unusual work' Iris Murdoch

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099479918
Publisert
1995-05-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

Forfatter

Biographical note

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.