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Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including the childrens book, the biographers tale, and possession, which was awarded the booker prize. Art, authorship, creativity christien franken discusses an interview between byatt and nicolas tredell in which the author expressed her need to keep passion and intellect separate. Mortimer cropper is literally presented as a ghoul, robbing the poets grave. The tension between passion and intellect that possession investigates is of personal importance to a. Possession is a book about books, about the study and love of literature and the intricate. Her lush imagery weaves together the dual worlds that appear throughout the novelthe worlds of the mind and the senses. The novel explores the postmodern concerns of similar novels, which are often categorised as historiographic metafiction, a genre that blends approaches from both historical fiction and metafiction. I read it because it won the 1990 booker prize, and once under its spell, ive never wanted to let it go. Her books of and about literary scholarship particularly the victorian poetry investigationlove story possession take reading out of dusty libraries and into the romance of real, modern life. A romance is a 1990 bestselling novel by british writer a.
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National bestseller winner of englands booker prize and the literary sensation of the year, possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and triumphant love story. Byatt is a novelist, shortstory writer and critic of international renown. Published by user, 18 years ago the book was thick and black and covered with dust. Byatt, is indeed a romance, but it is also a mystery, a chase, a satire, and both historical and contemporary fiction. It is not a coincidence that the first two words of this remarkable novel are, the book. Her novels include possession winner of the booker prize 1990, the frederica quartet and the childrens book, which was shortlisted for the booker prize and won the james tait black memorial prize for fiction. The first story could be categorized as historical fiction. Possession vintage international kindle edition by byatt, a. Pdf the article focuses on an interpretation of possession.
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