{"product_id":"angels-insects-two-novellas-9780679751342","title":"Angels \u0026 Insects: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn these two \"astonishing\" novellas (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession \u003c\/i\u003ereturns to the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At once quirky and deep, brimming with generosity, imagination, and intelligence.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMorpho Eugenia\u003c\/i\u003e, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studies. In \u003ci\u003eThe Conjugal Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit world. Throughout both, Byatt examines the eccentricities of the Victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical tapestry\u003cb\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16593165\"\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.22w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679751342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679751343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC039000\"\u003eVisionary \u0026amp; Metaphysical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.S. BYATT is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize in 1990), \u003ci\u003eThe Game, \u003c\/i\u003eand the sequence \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBabel Tower. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has also written two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels and Insects, \u003c\/i\u003e and four collections of shorter works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e Educated at Cambridge, she was a senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44711929938157,"sku":"9780679751342","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ff75d0aa-3f5a-44bb-b728-8194214ce041.jpg?v=1704059013","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/angels-insects-two-novellas-9780679751342","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}