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The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
five fairy stories
By Byatt, A. S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-67942-008-8
- Publisher
- New York : Random House, [1997?].
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 2, 1997
The enjoyment of fairy tales comes from new ways of telling old themes. The underlying stories are predictable--innocence is tested, a mission accomplished, a lesson learned, and an adult finally born--but the characters, adventures, and outcome vary with each telling. However, every once in a while this pattern gets bent or broken, as in Byatt's collection of five previously pub...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
