Tag Archives: A.S. Byatt

Possession: A Romance Audiobook – A. S. Byatt (Author), Samuel West (Narrator) – 20.06.25

I have read a few of these ‘literary detective’ type novels, where contemporary characters discover journals, or letters or other documents from the past and piece together stories of the people involved and for some reason they always leave me pretty cold. I just don’t get why anyone would be that bothered by the lovesContinue reading “Possession: A Romance Audiobook – A. S. Byatt (Author), Samuel West (Narrator) – 20.06.25”

The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories – A S Byatt – 13.06.23

I watched the movie with Tilda Swinton ‘3000 Years of Longing’ and loved it, so I wanted to read the book (or short story) on which it was based. The other stories in the book are more traditional type fairy stories, but the Titular story, on which the movie was based is about a academicContinue reading “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye: Five Fairy Stories – A S Byatt – 13.06.23”