Finished Babel Tower by AS Byatt, the third of a quartet of novels charting the lives of the same characters through several decades. Now need to find a second hand paperback of A Whistling Woman for the sake of bookshelf completeness.
A larger, more formally ambitious book than the predecessors, you can tell that Possession came in between.
#asbyatt #bookstodon #literature

favorite author meme
#margaretatwood
#asbyatt
#elizabethmccracken
#laurengroff
#melissabroder
#ludmilaulitskaya
#elenaferrante

"Steam rose to meet the fine smoke from the candles, and all their faces seemed softer in their quavering light."
last sentence of "The children's book" by #ASByatt on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-701-18390-5-last-sentence.php

Harry, Jack and Eva were not afraid of dragons, but they were, in their different ways, afraid of boredom.

from the second paragraph of a short story by #ASByatt titled "Dragon's Breath"

Harry, Jack and Eva were not afraid of dragons, but they were, in their different ways, afraid of boredom.

from the second paragraph of a short story by #ASByatt titled "Dragon's Breath"

Harry, Jack and Eva were not afraid of dragons, but they were, in their different ways, afraid of boredom.

from the second paragraph of a short story by #ASByatt titled "Dragon's Breath"

"Two boys stood in the Prince Consort Gallery, and looked down on a third."
first sentence of "The children's book" by #ASByatt on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-701-18390-5-first-sentence.php

"As it is, the world ends because neither the all too human gods, with their armies and quarrels, nor the fiery thinker know how to save it."
last sentence of "Ragnarok: the end of the gods" by #ASByatt on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-1-84767-935-2-last-sentence.php

Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for.

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h35min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h35min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h35min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

Love is not something we come to by reason. It’s more like a vapour, a dream perhaps, to lure us into the enchantment of our own stories. If not so, how are we to ever to know if it’s ever real? Is it a truth or simply a madness?

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h18min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

Love is not something we come to by reason. It’s more like a vapour, a dream perhaps, to lure us into the enchantment of our own stories. If not so, how are we to ever to know if it’s ever real? Is it a truth or simply a madness?

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h18min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

Love is not something we come to by reason. It’s more like a vapour, a dream perhaps, to lure us into the enchantment of our own stories. If not so, how are we to ever to know if it’s ever real? Is it a truth or simply a madness?

spoken by Dr Alithea Binnie (played by #TildaSwinton)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h18min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

How can it be a mistake to love someone entirely?

spoken by The Djinn (played by #IdrisElba)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h14min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

How can it be a mistake to love someone entirely?

spoken by The Djinn (played by #IdrisElba)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h14min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

How can it be a mistake to love someone entirely?

spoken by The Djinn (played by #IdrisElba)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h14min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

I wish to acquire all knowledge that is useful, beautiful and true.

spoken by Zefir (played by #BurcuGölgedar)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h06 min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

I suppose there is a lot of knowledge out there that is not useful, is not beautiful and is not true.

I wish to acquire all knowledge that is useful, beautiful and true.

spoken by Zefir (played by #BurcuGölgedar)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h06 min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

I suppose there is a lot of knowledge out there that is not useful, is not beautiful and is not true.

I wish to acquire all knowledge that is useful, beautiful and true.

spoken by Zefir (played by #BurcuGölgedar)
in #ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging (2022)
(at about 1h06 min of 1h48min)
Writers:#GeorgeMiller #AugustaGore
based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by #ASByatt

I suppose there is a lot of knowledge out there that is not useful, is not beautiful and is not true.