A Whistling Woman
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:4th Sep '03
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'Rich, acerbic, and wise, A Whistling Woman is the ambitious novel of ideas we've come to expect from Byatt, and tackles nothing less than what it means to be human' Vogue
It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different.
THE FOURTH FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL
It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. While she endeavours to navigate this fast-paced and occasionally bewildering industry, her lover John takes up a post working with a pair of unusual scientists. Yet in Frederica’s home county of Yorkshire, tumultuous events are unfolding. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different.
THE FOURTH FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL
Full of new energy and a sense of new directions... The plot has a driving ferocity, the huge and extraordinary cast marshaled with exceptional dexterity * Spectator *
In this concluding installment [of her quartet of novels], Byatt blends her own excitement at 'intellectual curiosity of any kind' with a lucid narrative and gripping plot... I suspect her fans will be hoping for a fifth * Independent *
An intellectual adventure full of energy and vitality [with] solid delights, keen and demanding pleasure * Scotsman *
Rich in metaphor and glancing allusion... Predominantly a novel of ideas. It makes a fine conclusion to the quartet * The Economist *
Brilliant and densely written...it's an absorbing read * Daily Mail *
ISBN: 9780099443391
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: 298g
432 pages