A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains The Glass Coffin and Gode's Tale of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale.
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A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains The Glass Coffin and Gode's Tale of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale.
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New. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218. 1995. New edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. 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. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p.
The last story, and the one from which the book takes its name, is in my opinion the best. Who hasn't imagined what they would do with three wishes? Byatt places them in the hands of an aging narratologist, who doesn't end up immeasurably wealthy or exuberantly happy but simple more...fulfilled. Which is how I felt after reading the story. Byatt's prose lulls you into believing her inventions, like djinns, and the masterful research she puts into her work gives each one a different touch...often her stories make me want to research her references!
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May 26, 2007
Highly recommended
Definitely a great book. It contains four short stories: "The Glass Coffin", "Gode's Story" "The Story of the Eldest Princess" and "Dragon's Breath" --the first two originally included in the Booker Prize winning novel Possession, and a novella that gives the book its title. Intelligent, astonishing prose. A combination of classical fairy tales and postmodern concerns and narrative techniques. You are going to love it.
