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The Game

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Informationen zum Autor A. S. Byatt  was the author of numerous novels, including  The Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale,  and  Possession,  which was awarded the Booker Prize. She also wrote two novellas, published together as  Angels & Insects,  five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her “inspiring contribution to ‘life writing,’” she died in 2023. Klappentext The Game is a lush and disturbing novel portraying a sibling rivalry which compels the reader to reconsider the uses and misuses of imagination. when they were little girls, Cassandra and Julia played a game in which they entered an alternate world modeled on the landscapes of Arthurian romance. Now the sisters are grown, and hostile strangers--until a figure from their past, a man they once both loved and suffered over, reenters their lives. Zusammenfassung From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes a novel portraying a sibling rivalry which compels us to reconsider the uses and misuses of imagination. "Complex and thoughtful."— The Times Literary Supplement When they were little girls, Cassandra and Julia played a game in which they entered an alternate world modeled on the landscapes of Arthurian romance. Now the sisters are grown, and hostile strangers—until a figure from their past, a man they once both loved and suffered over, reenters their lives.

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Authors A. S. Byatt
Publisher Vintage USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 10.11.1992
 
EAN 9780679742562
ISBN 978-0-679-74256-2
No. of pages 288
Dimensions 135 mm x 205 mm x 18 mm
Series Vintage International
Vintage International
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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