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Still Life
A S Byatt
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Description for Still Life
paperback. In this sequel to "The Virgin in the Garden", Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing a observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099479918
SKU
V9780099479918
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About A S Byatt
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Still Life
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 Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us
The Times
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 Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us
The Times