{"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\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":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614332457234,"sku":"9780679762225","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_431bb6a0-81eb-4155-aa23-daa85f47c18b.jpg?v=1732439290","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-djinn-in-the-nightingales-eye-five-fairy-stories-9780679762225","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}