The Matisse Stories, A.S. Byatt
The Matisse Stories, A.S. Byatt
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The Matisse Stories

Author: A.S. Byatt

Narrator: Virginia Leishman

Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/13/2011

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

A.S. Byatt's books shimmer with all the hues of her critically acclaimed talent and imagination. In The Matisse Stories, this Booker Prize-winning author offers three elegant tales that explore the subtle interplays between mind and eye, heart and hand. In the first, Medusa's Ankles, a fashionable woman watches her life take on darker, more ominous shades in the mirror of a beauty salon. In the next, Art Work, an eccentric housekeeper's alarming eye for color leaves its mark on her employers' lives. Each of these stories, including the last, The Chinese Lobster, is like a finely crafted jewel. Rich imagery and effortless narratives make The Matisse Stories an unforgettable listening experience. The characters are sketched with a sureness that confirms A.S. Byatt's artistry. And through the nuances of Virginia Leishman's eloquent narration, the listener is brought into a rare world of heightened sensibilities and perceptions.

About A.S. Byatt

A. S. Byatt is famed for her short fiction, collected in Sugar and Other Stories, The Matisse Stories, and The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye. Her full-length novels include the Booker Prize-winning Possession, The Biographer's Tale, The Shadow of the Sun and the quartet of novels including The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and soon to be completed by A Whistling Woman. She has also published es of critical work, of which On Histories & Stories is the most recent. She lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on November 28, 2023

Three short stories by AS Byatt, best-known for her novel Possession, winner of the 1990 Booker Prize. All three short stories have a tremendous amount of detail about art. Each begins with a reference to a painting by Matisse. I looked but did not see that the author had any professional training in......more

Goodreads review by Ubik on September 27, 2021

Tutto in meno di 90 pagine… Esplorando la parte meno nota della bibliografia di Antonia Byatt mi sono imbattuto in questo volumetto che a prima vista mi è sembrato difficile immaginare di valutare trattandosi di un’opera dall’aspetto così esile, una raccolta di tre soli racconti e per di più molto br......more

Goodreads review by Ilana (illi69) on May 19, 2020

Three short stories which have Matisses’s art as a common theme. In one of the stories taking place in a hair salon, there is a Matisse poster which coordinates with the décors colour scheme. In the last story, an art student working on her thesis is offended by Matisse’s portrayal of women as objec......more