BABEL TOWER
by Byatt, A.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
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Prahran, Victoria, Australia
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Synopsis
A.S. Byatt is the author of Possession , winner of the Booker Prize and a national bestseller. The two novels leading up to Babel Tower , which trace the fortunes of Frederica and her family through the 1950's, are The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life . Byatt's other fiction includes The Shadow of the Sun , The Game , Angels and Insects and two collections of shorter works: Sugar and Other Stories and The Matisse Stories . She has also published three volumes of critical work, of which Passions of the Mind is the most recent. She has taught English and American literature at University College, London, and is a distinguished critic and reviewer. She lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKNEST (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101712
- Title
- BABEL TOWER
- Author
- Byatt, A.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Dewey: 823.914 Fiction; Literature & Fiction; Contemporary; Married women -- England -- London -- Fiction.; BABEL TOWER
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