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A.S. Byatt's short fictions, collected in paperback for the first time, explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it, resulting in a book that compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder. From Publishers Weekly In a uniquely expressive and sensuous response to life's enduring ambiguities, Byatt, author of the critically praised novel, Still Life (1985), unfolds the ll stories that make up this collection. The tales are long, for the most part, and intricately constructed, requiring a reader's full attention. In "Precipice-Encurled" there are intriguing glimpses of poet Robert Browning, now a widower, grappling with self-doubt in an Italian retreat, while a family to whom he is to be an honored visitor experiences a death. Mortality is the leitmotif of the title story as the death of her father in an Amsterdam hospital allows a daughter to examine with new understanding some of the family relationships. Menace is palpable in "In the Air" when a lonely dog walker nearly lives out her prophecy of disaster. In other stories, questions of

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Author

Byatt, A. S.

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307819543

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction