An edition of The Children's Book: a novel (1998)

Children's Book

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Children's Book
A. S. Byatt
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An edition of The Children's Book: a novel (1998)

Children's Book

  • 3.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 19 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeA spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize--winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum--a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales--she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house--and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children--conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives--of adults and children alike--unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children's Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day. It is a masterly literary achievement by one of our most essential writers.From the Hardcover edition.

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Cover of: Children's Book
Children's Book
2010, Howes Limited, W. F.
in English
Cover of: The Children's Book (Vintage International)
The Children's Book (Vintage International)
August 10, 2010, Vintage
Paperback
Cover of: The Children's Book
The Children's Book
April 21, 2009, Knopf Canada
Hardcover
Cover of: The children's book
The children's book: a novel
2009, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The children's book
The children's book
2009, Chatto & Windus
in English
Cover of: The Children's Book
The Children's Book
November 3, 2009, Vintage Canada
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PR6052.Y2C45 2010eab

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OL35473235M
ISBN 13
9781407453422

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