{"product_id":"the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-9780099521310","title":"The Djinn In The Nightingales Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**FEATURING THE STORY THAT INSPIRED NEW FILM \u003ci\u003eTHREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA S Byatt''s fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - ''The Glass Coffin'' and ''Gode''s Tale'' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published separately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere they take their place with three other stories with medieval and middle eastern settings. The title story, ''The Djinn and the Nightingale''s Eye'', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women''s lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself, and has inspired the new film \u003ci\u003eThree Thousand Years of Longing\u003c\/i\u003e starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose new to the world of Byatt might well begin here, with these tales-within-tales, which one can read as anything from contemporary allegories - such as the superb \u003ci\u003eDragon's Breath\u003c\/i\u003e, evoking every idyll that ever fell foul of war or famine - to sheer celebrations of storytelling itself * Vogue *\u003cbr\u003eThe familiar elements of fairy story come to life under A.S. Byatt's touch...with lightness, precision, grace * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThe fairy story is obviously a form that fascinates A.S. Byatt, it suits her spare, cool prose and this collection enables her to create very different effects... a beautifully produced book * Financial Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732264464727,"sku":"9780099521310","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099521310.jpg?v=1719996191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-9780099521310","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}