The Biographer's Tale: A Novel by Byatt, A. S. (Paperback)

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust ...
Type
Novel
Narrative Type
Fiction
Intended Audience
Adults
ISBN
9780375725081
EAN
9780375725081
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375725083
ISBN-13
9780375725081
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1980233

Product Key Features

Book Title
Biographer's Tale : a Novel
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Biographical, Mystery & Detective / General
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
A.S. Byatt
Book Series
Vintage International Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Elegant . . .witty . . . intelligent." The Washington Post "A tenderly funny novel. . . .One of Byatt's most exuberant books." The Baltimore Sun "Wise, sharp-witted. . . . miss it at your peril."St. Louis Post-Dispatch "An impressive achievement, a literary mosaic at once exotic, academic, esoteric, engaging, and disconcerting. . . . A feast for the brain" The Denver Post "One of Byatt's most exuberant books."The Baltimore Sun, "Elegant . . .witty . . . intelligent." -- The Washington Post "A tenderly funny novel. . . .One of Byatt's most exuberant books." -- The Baltimore Sun "Wise, sharp-witted. . . . miss it at your peril." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "An impressive achievement, a literary mosaic at once exotic, academic, esoteric, engaging, and disconcerting. . . . A feast for the brain" -- The Denver Post "One of Byatt's most exuberant books." -- The Baltimore Sun, "Elegant . . .witty . . . intelligent." The Washington Post "A tenderly funny novel. . . .One of Byatt's most exuberant books." The Baltimore Sun "Wise, sharp-witted. . . . miss it at your peril." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "An impressive achievement, a literary mosaic at once exotic, academic, esoteric, engaging, and disconcerting. . . . A feast for the brain" The Denver Post "One of Byatt's most exuberant books." The Baltimore Sun
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes an ingenious novel about love and literary sleuthing: a dazzling fiction woven out of one man's search for certainty. "Elegant ... witty ... intelligent." -- The Washington Post Here is the story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of "real life" by writing a biography of a great biographer. In a series of adventures that are by turns intellectual and comic, scientific and sensual, Phineas tracks his subject to the deserts of Africa and the maelstrom of the Arctic. Along the way he comes to rely on two women, one of whom may be the guide he needs out of the dizzying labyrinth of his research and back into his own life. A tantalizing yarn of detection and desire, The Biographer's Tale is a provocative look at "truth" in biography and our perennial quest for certainty., From the award-winning author of Possession comes an ingenious novel about love and literary sleuthing: a dazzling fiction woven out of one man's search for fact. Here is the story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of "real life" by writing a biography of a great biographer. In a series of adventures that are by turns intellectual and comic, scientific and sensual, Phineas tracks his subject to the deserts of Africa and the maelstrom of the Arctic. Along the way he comes to rely on two women, one of whom may be the guide he needs out of the dizzying labyrinth of his research and back into his own life. A tantalizing yarn of detection and desire, The Biographer's Tale is a provocative look at "truth" in biography and our perennial quest for certainty.
LC Classification Number
PR6052.Y2

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