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Title: Sugar and Other Stories by A. S. Byatt, Antonia Byatt ISBN: 0-684-18786-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Reflective and intellectual collection of stories
Comment: A.S.Byatt's first collection of short stories bears all the characteristic hallmarks of her writing: fascination with literature, acute analysis of the life of the mind, and a richness of cultural allusions. The stories are sometimes demanding, and require a second read for a full understanding, but as a whole they possess an allure in their mood of somewhat melancholy introspection. The subjects are, for the most part, middle-aged women, frequently intellectual, examining the pattern of their lives and thought. The strongest story, 'Precipice-Encurled', is a brilliantly constructed tale of encircled lives that paves the way for Byatt's best-seller 'Possession'; 'The Dried Witch' and 'In the Air', meanwhile, centre respectively on an old Korean woman giving herself up to the practice of witchcraft, and a widow coping with fear of the imagination. There's a discussion of cultural clashes in 'Loss of Face', and, in the final title story, a fusion of autobiography and an explanation of the intentions of the collection. I enjoyed these stories, although I would rate the later collection, 'The Matisse Stories', higher. That said, they are atmospheric and rewarding, and a good introduction to a fascinating writer.
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Title: Little Black Book of Stories by A. S. Byatt ISBN: 1400041775 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: On Histories and Stories: Selected Essays by A. S. Byatt ISBN: 0674008332 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Angels and Insects: Two Novellas by A. S. Byatt ISBN: 0679751343 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Shadow of the Sun by A. S. Byatt ISBN: 0156814161 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 16 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A. S. Byatt ISBN: 0375705759 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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