Sugar And Other Stories: Racine And the Tablecloth; Rose Coloured Teacups; the July Ghost; the Next Room; the Dried Witch; Loss of Face; On the Day ... Precipice Encurled; Sugar (Penguin fiction)

by A. S. Byatt (Author)

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  Paperback
  1988

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  The constant theme running through this collection of short stories, the first collection by A.S. Byatt, is that of repetition, taking the form of family patterns recurring across generations, the return of the past in the form of ghosts and the disruptive force of family stories. A.S. Byatt was the winner of the Silver Pen Award for her novel Still Life (1986). Her other novels include Shadow of a Sun , The Game (1983) and The Virgin in the Garden (1981).

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  Paperback
  1996

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  It should come as no surprise that short stories by the author of the magical Possession are populated by erudite paranoiacs, witches, changelings, and the ghost of a dead child. A S Byatt's short fictions explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it, resulting in a book that compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder.