The Children’s Book… by A.S. Byatt
“From the renowned author of Possession, The Children’s Book is the absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: the deceptively languid, blissful period that ended with the cataclysmic destruction of World War I. The novel centres around Olive Wellwood, a fairy tale writer, and her circle. A.S. Byatt traces their lives in intimate detail and moves between generations, following the children who must choose whether to follow the roles expected of them or stand up to their parents’ “porcelain socialism.”
“May well be her masterpiece… The kind of novel that can remind us why we fell in love with books and literature in the first place.” - The Gazette
“Easily the best book Byatt has written since the Booker-winning Possession.” - The Sunday Times
“Magnificent loquacity… Gripping and often deeply affecting.” - Literary Review
“Compulsively readable… This extraordinarily rich book is superbly embedded in the thoughts and beliefs and feelings of the period - and indeed in its interior décor.” - The Spectator
“The Children’s Book is a work that superlatively displays both enormous reach and tremendous grip… Intellectual zest keeps the book sizzling with ideas. But it is alive with imaginative energy; too.” - The Sunday Times
US $36.95 Amazon. Publisher: Knopf Canada (April 21, 2009).
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