{"product_id":"still-life-9780684835037","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e comes a highly acclaimed novel which captures in brilliant detail the life of an English family, illuminating the choices they must make between domesticity and ambition, life and art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this rich literary novel, A.S. Byatt takes us deep into the life of one English family in the 1950s. Ranging from the sunlit fields of Provence to the whirl of Cambridge, \u003ci\u003eStill Life \u003c\/i\u003eportrays in vivid and sensual detail the journeys of the Potter family as they each try to find their proper place in a complex universe of life and ideas. Stephanie Potter gives up a promising academic career to marry her curate husband while her sister, Frederica, enters Cambridge and her brother, Marcus, recovers from a nervous breakdown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e draws the reader irresistibly into a vibrant and densely structured world. We watch as the characters confront the conflict between responsibilities to others and the fulfillment of their own private dreams. And we experience, as though we are there, the stunning event that changes their lives forever. This is a book of distinction and a book to delight in--a thrilling journey in the company of one of the eminent writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.S. Byatt 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":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514302828818,"sku":"9780684835037","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f266f868-5b0a-4c9f-a86b-af76f78c4d82.jpg?v=1730978745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/still-life-9780684835037","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}