The one who whistles
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The long-awaited final novel in the "Frederica Quartet," considered arguably the magnum opus of Dame Antonia Susan Byatt, MBE. The tetralogy was written over a quarter-century, and its plot also spans a quarter-century, with the first two novels ("The Lady in the Garden" and "The Living Thing") published before the Booker Prize-winning international bestseller "Possession," and the third and fourth after.
So, Frederica Potter—a former Yorkshire schoolgirl and Cambridge graduate, the ex-wife of a Herefordshire squire, and now a single mother amid the psychedelic "Swinging London" of the 1960s—continues to live among rebellious artists, writers, and poets. Teaching at art school and writing literary criticism are no longer enough for her, and she embarks on a new adventure: becoming the host of the popular science television program "Through the Looking Glass," each episode disproving the old adage: "A woman's whistling is like a hen's flying: it's also not good." Meanwhile, the University of North Yorkshire's all-encompassing "Body and Mind" conference threatens to devolve into a student revolt, and at the ancient Dun Vale Hall estate, a charismatic preacher calling himself Josh Agnitz establishes a literal Manichaean cult...
So, Frederica Potter—a former Yorkshire schoolgirl and Cambridge graduate, the ex-wife of a Herefordshire squire, and now a single mother amid the psychedelic "Swinging London" of the 1960s—continues to live among rebellious artists, writers, and poets. Teaching at art school and writing literary criticism are no longer enough for her, and she embarks on a new adventure: becoming the host of the popular science television program "Through the Looking Glass," each episode disproving the old adage: "A woman's whistling is like a hen's flying: it's also not good." Meanwhile, the University of North Yorkshire's all-encompassing "Body and Mind" conference threatens to devolve into a student revolt, and at the ancient Dun Vale Hall estate, a charismatic preacher calling himself Josh Agnitz establishes a literal Manichaean cult...
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series A Great Romance
- Все книги цикла Frederica Quartet