Collected in a single volume for the first time—an unforgettable book of short stories from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession the explores the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it.
In this book of short fictions, A.S. Byatt compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder.
Racine and the tablecloth
Rose-coloured teacups
The July ghost
The next room
The dried witch
Loss of face
On the day that E.M. Forster died
The changeling
In the air
Precipice-encurled
Sugar
