The Children's Book

Name: The Children's Book
ISBN: 9780701183530

by A. S. Byatt

James Tait · 2009 · Winner

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Chatto & WindusOctober 6, 2009Literary Fiction Historical FictionISBN 9780701183530

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction	2009	Winner	“For its vast, richly detailed portrait of Edwardian England and the generation consumed by the First World War.”

About This Book

A. S. Byatt's novel follows the family of children's author Olive Wellwood and a wide cast of Edwardian intellectuals, artists, and socialists from the 1890s through the carnage of the First World War. Rich with references to fairy tale, pottery, theatre, and utopian politics, it interrogates the gap between the golden world of Edwardian childhood story and the violence of history. It won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2009.

About the Author

A. S. ByattBritish

A. S. Byatt (1936-2023), born Antonia Susan Drabble in Sheffield, England, was a British novelist, critic, short-story writer, and poet renowned for blending intellectual depth with historical and mythical narratives. Read more →