An edition of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: five fairy stories
(1994)
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
five fairy stories
1st U.S. ed.
by A. S. Byatt
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A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.
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English Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, short stories (single author), England, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, short stories, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, Women authors, New York Times reviewed, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, women authors, English literature, history and criticism, 21st century, FictionPlaces
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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1998, Vintage International
in English
- 1st Vintage Internation ed.
0679762221 9780679762225
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
October 27, 1998, Vintage
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in English
0679762221 9780679762225
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
October 28, 1997, Random House
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed edition
0679420088 9780679420088
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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1997, Random House
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
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Table of Contents
The glass coffin --
Gode's story --
The story of the eldest princess --
Dragons' breath --
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye.
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"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus ... 1994"--T.p. verso.
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