<b>Collected in a single volume for the first time—an unforgettable book of short stories from the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Possession</i> that explores the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss, and the elaborate memories we construct against it. <br> </b> <br> In this book of short fictions, A.S. Byatt compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder.<br><br>"Byatt's stories display all her talents as a novelist, but spiced with an additional friskiness." —<i>Evening Standard</i>