An edition of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: five fairy stories (1994)

The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

five fairy stories

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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
A. S. Byatt
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An edition of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: five fairy stories (1994)

The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

five fairy stories

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A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.

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Chatto & Windus
Language
English
Pages
289

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Subjects
English Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, short stories (single author), England, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, short stories, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, Women authors, New York Times reviewed, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, women authors, English literature, history and criticism, 21st century, Fiction
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England

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Cover of: The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1998, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage Internation ed.
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Cover of: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
October 27, 1998, Vintage
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
October 28, 1997, Random House
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1997, Random House
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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1994, Chatto & Windus
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Table of Contents

The glass coffin
Gode's story
The story of the eldest princess
Dragon's breath
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye.

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.Y2 D58 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
289 p. :
Number of pages
289

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Open Library
OL842309M
ISBN 10
0701162783
LCCN
95119744
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121050
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825745

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