Angels And Insects - Couverture souple

Byatt, A.S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099591812 ISBN 13 : 9780099591818

Editeur : Vintage, 1995

Synopsis

These two novellas, MORPHO EUGENIA and THE CONJUGIAL ANGEL, are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance. MORPHO EUGENIA is a lively Gothic fable of the Earthly Paradise, of the Victorian obsession with Darwinian theories of breeding and sexuality and the parallels between insect and human society. THE CONJUGIAL ANGEL, a philosophical ghost-story concerns Tennyson's IN MEMORIAM, published in 1850, mourning the death of his friend Arthur Hallam.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugial Angel are two fascinating novellas and like A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, POSSESSION, they are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance.

'Her plot is as compelling as that of a classical detective story, but it is the quality of the writing - its use and unity of metaphor, its sensuous language, its wit and intellectual playfulness - which renders it remarkable' Amanda Craig, Literary Review

'A. S. Byatt is one of our finest living novelists, who manages to tease and to satisfy both the intellect and the imagination ... I am already a convinced admirer of the works of A. S. Byatt. ANGELS & INSECTS should win over many more enthusiasts' Caroline Moore, Daily Telegraph

'Victorian and fun ... marvellous and maddening ... a display and a delight' Nicci Gerrard, Observer

'Her best work to date' Times Literary Supplement

Revue de presse

"Her plot is as compelling as that of a classical detective story, but it is the quality of the writing - its use and unity of metaphor, its sensuous language, its wit and intellectual playfulness - which renders it remarkable" (Amanda Craig Literary Review)

"A. S. Byatt is one of our finest living novelists, who manages to tease and to satisfy both the intellect and the imagination ... I am already a convinced admirer of the works of A. S. Byatt. ANGELS & INSECTS should win over many more enthusiasts" (Caroline Moore Daily Telegraph)

"Victorian and fun ... marvellous and maddening ... a display and a delight" (Nicci Gerrard Observer)

"Her best work to date" (Times Literary Supplement)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099591812
• ISBN 13: 9780099591818
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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