{"product_id":"vintage-internationalisbn-9780679742272","title":"Vintage International","description":"\u003cb\u003eCollected in a single volume for the first time—an unforgettable book of short stories from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e that explores the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss, and the elaborate memories we construct against it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book of short fictions, A.S. Byatt compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Byatt's stories display all her talents as a novelist, but spiced with an additional friskiness.\" —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\"Byatt's stories display all her talents as a novelist, but spiced with an additional friskiness ... a bright, sensual prose that seems to paint rather than describe, giving a teacup, a mountainside, or the night sky a texture and density that go beyond words on a page.\" —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303083069669,"sku":"NP9780679742272","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679742272_0d963ca7-590a-4edc-8f30-c0fe43c24850.jpg?v=1730752998","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/vintage-internationalisbn-9780679742272","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}