{"product_id":"the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-five-fairy-stories-1","title":"The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories","description":"The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable.\n\nThe companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor.\n\n\"A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous.\"\n--Boston Globe\n\n\"Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely.\"\n--Chicago Tribune\n\n\"Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales.\"\n--Washington Post Book World\n\nFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679420088\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679420088.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Byatt, A.S.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41446873464890,"sku":"DBV.0679420088.G","price":4.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679420088-0.jpg?v=1780710956","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-five-fairy-stories-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}