Still life
Family stories, General fiction, Serious and literary fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Stephanie Potter gives up a promising academic career to marry Daniel Orton, while her sister, Frederica, enters Cambridge, and her brother, Marcus, begins recovering from a nervous breakdown. Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while… providing an observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The virgin in the garden" (DC30906). Followed by "Babel tower" (DC30818). 1985.