Possession : A romance
Häftad bok. Vintage. 2007. 511 sidor.
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A romance, a literary quest, a modern classic. ‘Possession is eloquent about the intense pleasures of reading. And, with sumptuous artistry, it provides a feast of them’ Sunday Times A pair of young scholars investigate the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780099503927
- Titel
- Possession
- Undertitel
- A romance
- Författare
- Byatt, A. S
- Förlag
- Vintage
- Utgivningsår
- 2007
- Omfång
- 511 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 0 x 200 mm Ryggbredd 0 mm
- Vikt
- 0 g
- Språk
- Baksidestext
- As a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets uncover their letters, journals, & poems, & trace their movements from London to Yorkshire-and from spiritualist seances to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany-an extraordinary counterpoint of passions & ideas emerges. An exhilarating novel of wit and romance, an intellectual mystery, and a triumphant love story. This tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets became a huge bookseller favorite, and then on to national bestellerdom. Winner of England's Booker Prize, a coast-to-coast bestseller, and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is a novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. Revolving around a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets, Byatt creates a haunting counterpoint of passion and ideas.
