On Histories And Stories, Paperback/A. S. Byatt

In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Publisher: Vintage Publishing Author(s): A. S. Byatt Number of pages: 208 Publication date: 2001 Dimensions: 132 x 198 x 15 Cover type: Paperback / softback