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by A.S. Byatt
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shell pebble
shell pebble rated it 11 years ago
I remember this long book being gloriously nebulous and complicated, spreading tendrils into the many subjects that interest its curious-minded protagonist. I read it almost constantly over several days while I was doing some extremely elaborate hair extensions on myself, and the hours flew by as I ...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 14 years ago
Let this book shimmer out of sight. Cleaning shelf, reducing guilt, giving it another chance another time.------------------------------------------with my exquisite and accurate instinct i managed to buy this 3rd book in frederica tetralogy and not the 1st and 2nd book, although i've had them in sh...
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it 14 years ago
Many contemporary novelists shy away from using a big canvas. Not A.S. Byatt, so that there is a retro sort of pleasure in reading her books, as if there was one more Eliot or Forster work that turned up. BT is wonderful brain candy in its many explorations of language--not only the what and the way...
Our Intrepid Heroine
Our Intrepid Heroine rated it 15 years ago
This is the only book to cause me to miss my stop on the train. I was so engrossed that I blew right past my station and had to call my mother to come pick me up.Possession will always be my favorite of Byatt's - partly because it was the novel to introduce me to the author, partly because it's a ma...
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