Little Black Book of Stories
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Niora
of Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on 12/2/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
Niora of Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on 12/2/2013 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Journal Entry 1 by Niora from Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Monday, December 2, 2013
Niora from Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Monday, December 2, 2013
From the back cover:
A new collection of stories from A. S. Byatt is always a winner, and this one takes an unexpected turn, bringing shivers as well as delights. Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their fears and memories and the strange thing they saw in their childhood - or thought they saw - so long ago. A man meets the ghost of his living wife; a woman turns inexorably to stone. Little Black Book of Stories holds its secrets, adding a dark quality to Byatt's famous skill in mixing folk and fairy tale with everyday life.
I have read two of Byatt's novels and was delighted to find some short stories, too. Byatt is a very good writer and these are all distinctly original stories, but I didn't quite fall in love it any of them.
A new collection of stories from A. S. Byatt is always a winner, and this one takes an unexpected turn, bringing shivers as well as delights. Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their fears and memories and the strange thing they saw in their childhood - or thought they saw - so long ago. A man meets the ghost of his living wife; a woman turns inexorably to stone. Little Black Book of Stories holds its secrets, adding a dark quality to Byatt's famous skill in mixing folk and fairy tale with everyday life.
I have read two of Byatt's novels and was delighted to find some short stories, too. Byatt is a very good writer and these are all distinctly original stories, but I didn't quite fall in love it any of them.
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I left the book in the Book Swap room on my way to London. Happy trails and happy reading!
