The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye : five fairy stories
By - Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-
Floor
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Floor 3
Published
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Random House, New York, [1997?]
ISBN 10 - 0679420088
Book Status
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1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject
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Fairy tales
Shelf No
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8
Call Number
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823.914 BYA
Physical Description
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ix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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