The Virgin in the Garden
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Set in Yorkshire in 1952, the story of the Potter family and of those who surround them.
Il Quartetto Frederica Serie
Questo quartetto letterario si addentra nelle complessità della coscienza umana e delle relazioni, spesso ambientato sullo sfondo del mondo accademico e delle attività artistiche. La narrazione esplora temi profondi di identità, amore, perdita e la ricerca di significato attraverso personaggi meticolosamente realizzati e una prosa ricca. Questi romanzi offrono viaggi intellettualmente stimolanti intrecciati con una profonda risonanza emotiva, immergendo i lettori in intricati mondi di arte, scienza e scoperta personale.
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Still life
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
From the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly acclaimed novel which captures in brilliant detail the life of one extended English family--and illuminates the choices they must make between domesticity and ambition, life and art. Toni Morrison, author of Beloved, writes of Byatt: "When it comes to probing characters her scalpel is sure but gentle. She is a loving surgeon".
Babel tower
- 624pagine
- 22 ore di lettura
Babel Tower Is The Third Novel In Byatt'S Highly Acclaimed Frederica Quartet. Frederica Is Embroiled In Two Law Cases, Twin Strands Of The Establishment'S Web, A Painful Divorce And Custody Suit And The Prosecution Of An 'Obscene' Book. Frederica'S Personal And Legal Crises Mirror An Age; Alongside Frederica'S Intellectual Life Teaching At Art School In London Are The Diverging Cultural Worlds Of The Beatles And The Advent Of Computer Languages.
A whistling woman
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
This Intoxicating Novel Stands On Its Own, While Forming A Triumphant Conclusion To A. S. Byatt'S Great Quartet Depicting The Clashing Forces In English Life From The Early 1950S To 1970. While Frederica Falls Almost By Accident Into A Career In Television In London, Tumultuous Events In Her Home County Of Yorkshire Threaten To Change Her Life, And Those Of The People She Loves. Through Her Wayward, Lovingly-Drawn Characters And Breath-Taking Twists Of Plot, Byatt Illuminates The Effervescence Of The 1960S - Both Its Excitements And Its Dangers - As No One Has Done Before. Magical And Thought-Provoking, And With Spine-Chilling Moments, A Whistling Woman Is The Ultimate Novel Of Ideas Made Flesh - Gloriously Sensual, Sexy And Scary, Bursting With Ideas, And Wonderful Humanity.