{"product_id":"angels-insects-two-novellas-9780679751342","title":"Angels \u0026 Insects: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn these two \"astonishing\" novellas (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession \u003c\/i\u003ereturns to the landscape of Victorian England, where science and spiritualism are popular manias, and domestic decorum coexists with brutality and perversion. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At once quirky and deep, brimming with generosity, imagination, and intelligence.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMorpho Eugenia\u003c\/i\u003e, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studies. In \u003ci\u003eThe Conjugal Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit world. Throughout both, Byatt examines the eccentricities of the Victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical tapestry\u003cb\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Book, The Biographer's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePossession, \u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Booker Prize. She also wrote two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Insects, \u003c\/i\u003e five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her \"inspiring contribution to 'life writing, '\" she died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412793463058,"sku":"9780679751342","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2162b2d9-2f6d-4ebf-af8a-47a108c05417.jpg?v=1729328536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angels-insects-two-novellas-9780679751342","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}