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The Matisse Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679762232)
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xThree delightful stories inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse--from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession and "a writer of dazzling inventiveness" (Time). "[An] exquisite triptych.... Richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people." --People
These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fiction of spellbinding authority. "Full of delight and humor.... The Matisse Stories is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion." --San Francisco Chronicle
Author: A. S. Byatt
ISBN-10: 067976223X
ISBN-13: 9780679762232
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/30/1996
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.21w x 0.41d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/02/1996 pg. 32
Publishers Weekly 04/01/1996
These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fiction of spellbinding authority. "Full of delight and humor.... The Matisse Stories is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion." --San Francisco Chronicle
Author: A. S. Byatt
ISBN-10: 067976223X
ISBN-13: 9780679762232
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/30/1996
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.21w x 0.41d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/02/1996 pg. 32
Publishers Weekly 04/01/1996
By A. S. Byatt
xA. 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.
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