{"product_id":"the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-five-fairy-stories-9780679762225","title":"The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning collection of fairy tales for grown-ups f\u003c\/b\u003erom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession, \u003c\/i\u003ea storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the story \"The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye\"--the basis for the George Miller film \u003ci\u003eThree Thousand Years of Longing\u003c\/i\u003e starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.S. Byatt portrays the strange relationship between an intelligent heroine--a world-renowned scholar of the art of storytelling--and the marvelous being that lives in a bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As Byatt renders the relationship between the woman and the being with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Byatt, A. S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679762225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.20w x 0.79d","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39882128556107,"sku":"9780679762225","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_04ee60a8-29a7-4ef0-9051-fefcd750d2f2.jpg?v=1666010808","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-five-fairy-stories-9780679762225","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}