The Shadow of the Sun

by A. S. Byatt

Overview

This is the debut novel by the author of the bestselling Possession. Byatt tells the story of troubled, sensitive seventeen-year-old Anna Severell, who struggles to discover and develop her own personality in the shadow of her father, a renowned novelist. New Introduction by the Author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156814164
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/16/1993
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1110L (what's this?)

About the Author

A.S. Byatt, author of the Booker Prize-winning Possession is a distinguished novelist, critic, editor, and lecturer. She is the author of six novels, two linked novellas, and four short story collections, in addition to The Shadow of the Sun. She has taught English and American literature at University College in London. She lives in London.

Hometown:

London, England; France

Date of Birth:

August 24, 1936

Place of Birth:

Sheffield, England

Education:

B.A., Newnham College, Cambridge, 1957; graduate study at Bryn Mawr College and Somerville College