![]() ![]() "As Possession progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges. ![]() It makes one read and reflect on language and consider what it meant to another age." - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times (.) Possession accomplishes its essential purpose. ![]() (.) One can quibble at some of the lengths to which Ms. " Possession is most of all about speech, language, the pleasure of reading, the singularity of reading." Possession is a sometimes dazzling, sometimes dutiful, always authentic- looking collection of imaginary Victorian cultural bric-a-brac - poems, letters, journals - around which she weaves a story of romantic possession, scholarly possession of the past, and scholars possessed by the past." - L.S.(.) Brilliantly put together, warm, witty and wise" - Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor (.) While her earlier novels seemed sometimes swamped by their literary baggage, something in Possession makes the literary hocus-pocus genuinely fascinating, even inspiring. (.) At times, Byatt’s novel reads like a mixture of Jackie Collins and Vladimir Nabokov. (.) Possession is not just satire it’s mostly romance. Read it ages ago, haven't returned to it yet Possession was made into a film in 2002, directed by Neil LaBute and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart.General information | review summaries | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. Possession - A.S.Byatt: an overview of the reviews and critical reactions ![]()
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