Still Life

Informationen zum Autor A.S. Byatt Klappentext A.S. Byatt's sequel to >The Virgin in the Garden Zusammenfassung Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.

Vorwort
In the second novel in the series, Frederica Potter arrives at university and falls in love with a charismatic yet controlling professor

Autorentext

A.S. Byatt

Klappentext

A.S. Byatt's sequel to >The Virgin in the Garden< is an observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Frederica Potter fits well into life at Cambridge University, hungry, as she is, for knowledge, sex and love. Meanwhile, back in Yorkshire, her sister settles for family life and in London Alexander Wedderburn struggles to write a play about Van Gogh. A Vintage title.

Zusammenfassung
Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon change their lives forever.