Still Life

By: A. S. Byatt

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Paperback | 18 May 1995 | Edition Number 1

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448 Pages

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Frederica Potter, "doomed to be intelligent'' plunges into Cambridge Universty life greedy for knowledge, sex and love. In Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie has abandoned academe for the cosy frustration of the family. Alexander Wedderburn, now in London, struggles to write a play about Van Gogh, whose art and tragic life give the novel its central Leitmotiv.

In this sequel to The Virgin in the Garden, A.S. Byatt illuminates the inevitable conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing a subtle yet incisive observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s.

Industry Reviews

"Marvellous... A major novel, inspiring laughter and tears." - Iris Murdoch

"Glorious... Frederica is a magnificent creation; awkward, fierce, intellectually voracious and sexually inexperienced." - Francesca Segal, author of The Awkward Age

"Affords enormous and continuous pleasure." - Anita Brookner

"Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us." - The Times

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