Description
A tale of mythic beauty, elemental passion and hope from one of our greatest storytellers, with an afterword by R.F. Kuang.
'The snow did not numb Fiammarosa; it pricked and hummed and brought her, intensely, to life . . . This is who I am, the cold princess thought to herself, wriggling for sheer pleasure in the snow-dust, this is what I want.'
A princess is born in summer. Frail from infancy, she is cosseted by all who surround her and, as she grows, is protected from the elements outside. One winter's night, she escapes into the castle's grounds and discovers that, far from the cold being harmful, it awakens her. She is an icewoman: she becomes her true self in the frost and snow.
But when the princes arrive - as princes must - the princess awakens a second time. Falling unexpectedly for a young glassblowing royal from the hot southern lands, she is faced with a choice. Should she follow him to the desert and live a life unfulfilled? Or remain where she is and live without love?
**FROM THE BOOKER PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF POSSESSION**
PRAISE FOR A. S. BYATT:
'A storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights' The New York Times Book Review
'A master of the short story' David Mitchell
'[An] exhilarating genius' Guardian
About the Author
A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children's Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her 'inspiring contribution to life writing' and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.
Book Information
ISBN 9781784746858
Author A S Byatt
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Chatto & Windus
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 132mm * 10mm
