The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye

Five Fairy Stories

A S Byatt

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Vintage
06 October 1995

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Short stories; Fairies; Fantasy

'This book is a work of art' Daily Telegraph

A S Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published seperately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings. The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.

By: A S Byatt
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 202g
ISBN: 9780099521310
ISBN 10: 0099521318
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 06 October 1995
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories

A S Byatt, who won the Booker Prize for Possession, here evokes the magical, mystical nature of the original fairy tales to transform and transcend the genre with five very modern stories. (Kirkus UK)