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| Trade paperback, 304 pages Published 1993 (originally 1992) Acquired January 2007 Read December 2007 |
by A. S. Byatt
This is another of my catchup reads from my last semester of school. This book is actually two novellas, tenuously linked by the fact that they both occur in the Victorian era. We read the first, Morpho Eugenia, in class, but not the second, The Conjugial Angel, so I added the book to my list. The Conjugial Angel is a story about grief and how people move on; Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H. plays a heavy role in the proceedings. I'm not sure if I could explain what happened, but I love Byatt's way of writing-- she has a playful tone that jumps all over the place and (gently) mocks her characters, but becomes suitable somber when events warrant it. Ideas are her forte, though, and Byatt explores those of grief, mourning, and judgment quite well. I look forward to reading more by her.
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