{"product_id":"the-matisse-stories-isbn-9780679762232","title":"The Matisse Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree delightful stories inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse—from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e and “a writer of dazzling inventiveness\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] exquisite triptych.... Richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people.\" —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling—about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is fiction of spellbinding authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of delight and humor.... \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\"An elegant collection [filled with] richly resonant prose, which evokes the look and feel of bodies and paintings.... Luminous.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A. S. Byatt's three-tale sequence hits the imagination's retina with all the vibrant splatter of an exploding paintbox.... Everywhere, scenes sizzle with chromatic intensity.\" —\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of delight and humor ... \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A writer of dazzling inventiveness.\" —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant... Byatt's fiction, like Matisse's art, pays close attention to colours and contours of surfaces, then probes beneath them to reveal further suprises.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exquisite triptych... \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people.\" —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePossession,\u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Booker Prize. She also wrote two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Insects,\u003c\/i\u003e five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her “inspiring contribution to ‘life writing,’” she died in 2023.Booker Prize-Winning Author of Possession and Babel Tower","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303265554661,"sku":"NP9780679762232","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679762232.jpg?v=1767740444","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-matisse-stories-isbn-9780679762232","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}