Book: Babel Tower
Nov. 23rd, 2007 10:33 amAuthor: AS Byatt
Details: (c) 1996 AS Byatt; Pub Chatto & Windus 1996; ISBN 0701137185
Verdict: Babel Tower is utterly wonderful!
Reasons for reading it: Babel Tower is one of my favourite books in the world. I don't reread it as often as I would like to, because I own a very heavy and inconvenient hardback copy. In fact, I got told off (in a friendly way) by a random woman for bringing such a heavy book on the bus!
How it came into my hands: I bought it in a remainder shop not long after it first came out, I think probably because I was confusing AS Byatt with some other similarly named author I either liked or expected to like.
( detailed review )
Conclusion: Babel Tower is definitely better than Possession, even though it's not nearly so well known.
Details: (c) 1996 AS Byatt; Pub Chatto & Windus 1996; ISBN 0701137185
Verdict: Babel Tower is utterly wonderful!
Reasons for reading it: Babel Tower is one of my favourite books in the world. I don't reread it as often as I would like to, because I own a very heavy and inconvenient hardback copy. In fact, I got told off (in a friendly way) by a random woman for bringing such a heavy book on the bus!
How it came into my hands: I bought it in a remainder shop not long after it first came out, I think probably because I was confusing AS Byatt with some other similarly named author I either liked or expected to like.
( detailed review )
Conclusion: Babel Tower is definitely better than Possession, even though it's not nearly so well known.
