The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
Subtitle: five fairy stories
By: A.S. Byatt.
Edition: 1st Vintage Internation ed.
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, English; Fairy tales -- England
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 hardcover in the United States by Random House"-- T. p. verso.
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