Il genio nell'occhio d'usignolo
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788806138486 (8806138480)
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: Einaudi
Pages no: 115
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Fantasy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Fairy Tales,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Mythology,
Short Story Collection
For some reason, Polish translation of this collection only contains three stories out of five - I assume the two missing ones, "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Story", are extracts from Possession. I found "Tale of the Eldest Princess" very amusing, very self-aware and metatextual, liked the title st...
A. S. Byatt is never more prefect than when she is writing fairy tales. And this collection has my absolute favorite story of Byatt’s “The Story of the Eldest Princess”. In this short story, Byatt attacks the eldest always failing in fairy tales as well as aspects of story telling and fate. The ...
The stories in this collection are wonderful, even if this edition is unnecessarily typeset with wide margins and overgenerous linespacing to make the book look longer than it is, and reprinting the two stories from [b:Possession|41219|Possession|A.S. Byatt|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books...
Wonderful short stories of mixing the modern world with the fantastic. Byatt is a gifted short story writer and those contained in this volume are wonderful examples of her craft and style.
I read this for the Mythic Fiction book group here on Goodreads, but never got around to going and posting about it over there...A collection of 5 stories - 4 very short, and one novella-length (the title story). The first 4 stories were excellent - but 4.5 stars for the first half of the book, and...
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