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Angels & Insects - A.S. Byatt
Angels & Insects
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780676503180 (0676503187)
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
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chapterseldomread
chapterseldomread rated it
There are very few authors in my mind that even come close to having the command of language Byatt has and, rarer still, she is an author that credits her reader with as much intelligence as she herself possesses.That being said, "Angels and Insects" just didn't deliver for me. It's wonderfully wri...
Boston Bibliophile
Boston Bibliophile rated it
3.0 Angels & Insects: Two Novellas
Wonderful, detailed, fascinating short fiction. Both stories are full of surprises and twists. Byatt is an excellent short story writer and these two are richly written literary short fictions.
coffee & ink
coffee & ink rated it
Everyone else seems more impressed by the title story, but I love "The Conjugal Angel" best.
The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour rated it
2.0
Hmmm. I'm really torn about this book. On the one hand, the writing was excellent. On the other, it was very bizarre. Lots of insect imagery and themes in the first story, Morpho Eugenia. I felt it was…too much, however. Although the writing itself was exquisite, I just think I don’t like A.S. ...
altheaann
altheaann rated it
Angels and Insects - A.S. Byatt(Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugial Angel)This is really two books in one, joined only by the most tenuous ofconnections.The first, Morpho Eugenia, is the story that the 1995 movie 'Angels &Insects' tells. The film follows the plot of the book faithfully, whichdefinitely...
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