The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
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| Author | A. S. Byatt |
|---|---|
| Published | 1994 |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus (UK) Random House (US) |
| ISBN | 0-679-42008-8 |
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye is a 1994 collection of mythical short stories by British novelist A. S. Byatt.[1] The collection includes two short stories, "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Story" in the novel Possession,[1] as well as the titular story, "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye", which was published in The Paris Review.[2] The stories adopt many of the conventions of folk or fairy tales to examine contemporary society with many of the common themes in Byatt's work.[3] The work was published with woodcut illustrations.[3] Reviews of the book were generally positive.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "The Mythopoeic Society Reviews: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye". www.mythsoc.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ Byatt, A. S. (1994). "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye". Vol. Winter 1994, no. 133. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ a b "Fiction Book Review: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories by A. S. Byatt, Author Random House (NY) $20 (288p) ISBN 978-0-679-42008-8". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye - A.S.Byatt". www.complete-review.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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