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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

A. S. Byatt

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#2245 of 8,085 books · #470 in Fantasy

Won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1998).

A. S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This collection brings together five stories with medieval and middle eastern settings. The title story, "The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye," is a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle. It is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.

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Publisher
Chatto & Windus
ISBN-13
9781448162796
Topics
Power of storytellingWomen's lives and desireMagic and folklore

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