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Babel Tower

Babel Tower

Babel Tower
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Babel Tower Hardback - 1996

by Byatt, A S

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. HEAVY. 618 pages. Remainder spot on the lower page edges by the spine foot. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. This is an 'exhilarating evocation of the private and public obsessions of Britain in the 1960s'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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A.S. Byatt is the author of Possession, winner of the Booker Prize and a national bestseller. The two novels leading up to Babel Tower, which trace the fortunes of Frederica and her family through the 1950's, are The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life. Byatt's other fiction includes The Shadow of the Sun, The Game, Angels and Insects and two collections of shorter works: Sugar and Other Stories and The Matisse Stories. She has also published three volumes of critical work, of which Passions of the Mind is the most recent. She has taught English and American literature at University College, London, and is a distinguished critic and reviewer. She lives in London.

About the author

A.S. Byatt is the author of "Possession," winner of the Booker Prize and a national bestseller. The two novels leading up to "Babel Tower," which trace the fortunes of Frederica and her family through the 1950's, are" The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life." Byatt's other fiction includes "The Shadow of the Sun," "The Game," "Angels and Insects" and two collections of shorter works: "Sugar and Other Stories" and" The Matisse Stories." She has also published three volumes of critical work, of which "Passions of the Mind" is the most recent. She has taught English and American literature at University College, London, and is a distinguished critic and reviewer. She lives in London.

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