{"product_id":"the-matisse-stories-paperback","title":"The Matisse Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree delightful stories inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse--from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e and \"a writer of dazzling inventiveness\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] exquisite triptych.... Richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is fiction of spellbinding authority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Full of delight and humor.... \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fiction of spellbinding authority. \u003cbr\u003e\"Full of delight and humor...The Matisse Stories is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.\"--\"San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.S. BYATT is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize in 1990), \u003ci\u003eThe Game, \u003c\/i\u003eand the sequence \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBabel Tower. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has also written two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels and Insects, \u003c\/i\u003e and four collections of shorter works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e Educated at Cambridge, she was a senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 7.99 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756903760160,"sku":"9780679762232","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/60f48872926d030f19935cbf026486cb.webp?v=1780088848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-matisse-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}