The Matisse Stories - Softcover

Byatt, A. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679438823 ISBN 13: 9780679438823

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1995

Synopsis

In a trio of stories--all inspired by a particular Matisse painting--the ordinary events of everyday life are stripped away to reveal the extraordinary pain, desire, joy, and creativity of human existence. By the author of Possession. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

"A. S. Byatt's three-tale sequence hits the imagination's retina with all the vibrant splatter of an exploding paintbox... Everywhere, scenes sizzle with chromatic intensity" * Sunday Times * "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 * "A writer of dazzling inventiveness" * Time * "Brilliant... Byatt's fiction, like Matisse's art, pays close attention to colours and contours of surfaces, then probes beneath them to reveal further suprises" * Newsday * "Exquisite triptych... The Matisse Stories is richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people" * People *

Book Description:

'A. S. Byatt's three-tale sequence hits the imagination's retina with all the vibrant splatter of an exploding paintbox ... Everywhere, scenes sizzle with chromatic intensity'

The Sunday Times

This elegant collection shares A.S Byatt's preoccupation with the role of art and with the heart's mysteries. Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679438823
• ISBN 13: 9780679438823
• Binding: Paperback