The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
Subtitle: five fairy stories
By: A.S. Byatt
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780679420088
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction; Fairy tales
Description: A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus ... 1994"--T.p. verso.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: The glass coffin --; title: Gode's story --; title: The story of the eldest princess --; title: Dragons' breath --; title: The Djinn in the nightingale's eye.