- Published: 6 December 1991
- ISBN: 9780099889601
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $22.99
The Shadow of the Sun
A Novel
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- Published: 6 December 1991
- ISBN: 9780099889601
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $22.99
A.S.Byatt's first novel, written in her early twenties, is simultaneously a rehearsal of the themes of her later fiction and a major work in its own right. Her concern with precise nuances of thought and feeling and their representation in prose is almost unparalleled in contemporary writing. The Shadow of the Sun is a tremendous achievement
DJ Taylor
In her very first novel, The Shadow of the Sun, A.S. Byatt showed herself to be that rarity, and English writer unafraid of the novel of ideas. Yet she is also the most sensuous of novelists - fictions made flesh are her passion
Christopher Hope
Byatt is a wonderful writer, constantly engaging wherever she takes us
The Times