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As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods--a book of ancient Norse myths--and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.

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Main Author: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-
Corporate Authors: Brilliance Audio (Firm), Canongate Publishing, Recorded Books, LLC
Other Authors: Walter, Harriet (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Grand Haven, Mich. : Prince Frederick, MD : Brilliance Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books, [2013], p2011.
Edition:Unabridged.
Series:Brilliance Audio on compact disc.
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End of the world > Fiction.
Mythology, Norse > Fiction.
Gods, Norse > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > England > Fiction.
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Summary:As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods--a book of ancient Norse myths--and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.
Item Description:Compact disc.
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Recording originally produced by Canongate Books Ltd., p2011.
In container (17 cm.).
Physical Description:4 sound discs (3 hr., 46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781455852468
1455852465
Author Notes:A.S. Byatt was born on August 24, 1936 in Sheffield, England. She received a B.A. from Newnham College, Cambridge in 1957, did graduate study at Bryn Mawr College from 1957-58, and attended Somerville College, Oxford from 1958-59. She was a staff member in the extra-mural department at the University of London from 1962-71. From 1968-69, she was also a part-time lecturer in the liberal studies department of the Central School of Art and Design, London. She was a lecturer at University College from 1972-80 and then senior lecturer from 1981-83.

She became a full-time writer in 1983. Her works include The Biographer's Tale, The Virgin in the Garden, Babel Tower, A Whistling Woman, and The Children's Book. She also wrote numerous collections of short stories including Sugar and Other Stories, The Matisse Stories, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye, Elementals, and Little Black Book of Stories. Byatt received the English Speaking Union fellowship in 1957-58, the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983, the Silver Pen Award for Still Life, and the Booker Prize for Possession: A Romance in 1990.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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