The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

five fairy stories

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A. S. Byatt: The Djinn in the nightingale's eye (1994, Chatto & Windus)

289 pages

English language

Published Jan. 27, 1994 by Chatto & Windus.

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978-0-7011-6278-8
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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.

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