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Author Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023

Title The Djinn in the nightingale's eye : five fairy stories / A.S. Byatt.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, 1997.
1994.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION BYATT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F BYATT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  823.914 BYA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F BYATT A.S.    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC BYATT    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description ix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Note "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus ... 1994"--T.p. verso.
Contents The glass coffin -- Gode's story -- The story of the eldest princess -- Dragons' breath -- The Djinn in the nightingale's eye.
Summary A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.
Form Also issued online.
Subject Fantasy fiction, English.
Fairy tales -- England.
Other Form: Online version: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- Djinn in the nightingale's eye. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Random House, [1997?] (OCoLC)603632920
ISBN 0679420088
9780679420088
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