The Virgin in the Garden

Byatt, A S

ISBN 10 : 0099478013 ISBN 13 : 9780099478010

Editeur : Vintage, 1994

Synopsis

A novel which combines enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy. It is a tale of a brilliant and eccentric family, fatefully divided. The author won the Booker Prize and the "Irish Times"/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize in 1990 for "Possession".

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

A.S. Byatt is 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 the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires.

THE FIRST FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0099478013
• ISBN 13: 9780099478010
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 576