The Virgin in the Garden
- 432 stránek
- 16 hodin čtení
Set in Yorkshire in 1952, the story of the Potter family and of those who surround them.
Kvarteto Frederica Série
Tato série se noří do hlubin lidské psychiky a složitých vztahů, často zasazená do akademického nebo uměleckého prostředí. Autorka zkoumá témata identity, lásky, ztráty a hledání smyslu života skrze detailně vykreslené postavy a bohatý jazyk. Příběhy jsou plné intelektuálních podnětů a emocionální rezonance, které čtenáře vtáhnou do propracovaných světů plných umění a vědy.
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Still life
- 384 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
From the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly acclaimed novel which captures in brilliant detail the life of one extended English family--and illuminates the choices they must make between domesticity and ambition, life and art. Toni Morrison, author of Beloved, writes of Byatt: "When it comes to probing characters her scalpel is sure but gentle. She is a loving surgeon".
Babel tower
- 624 stránek
- 22 hodin čtení
Babel Tower Is The Third Novel In Byatt'S Highly Acclaimed Frederica Quartet. Frederica Is Embroiled In Two Law Cases, Twin Strands Of The Establishment'S Web, A Painful Divorce And Custody Suit And The Prosecution Of An 'Obscene' Book. Frederica'S Personal And Legal Crises Mirror An Age; Alongside Frederica'S Intellectual Life Teaching At Art School In London Are The Diverging Cultural Worlds Of The Beatles And The Advent Of Computer Languages.
A whistling woman
- 432 stránek
- 16 hodin čtení
This Intoxicating Novel Stands On Its Own, While Forming A Triumphant Conclusion To A. S. Byatt'S Great Quartet Depicting The Clashing Forces In English Life From The Early 1950S To 1970. While Frederica Falls Almost By Accident Into A Career In Television In London, Tumultuous Events In Her Home County Of Yorkshire Threaten To Change Her Life, And Those Of The People She Loves. Through Her Wayward, Lovingly-Drawn Characters And Breath-Taking Twists Of Plot, Byatt Illuminates The Effervescence Of The 1960S - Both Its Excitements And Its Dangers - As No One Has Done Before. Magical And Thought-Provoking, And With Spine-Chilling Moments, A Whistling Woman Is The Ultimate Novel Of Ideas Made Flesh - Gloriously Sensual, Sexy And Scary, Bursting With Ideas, And Wonderful Humanity.