A review by leifalreadyexists
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories by A.S. Byatt

4.0

Finding an immaculate copy of the first edition in a London used bookstore - reviewing slip hidden between the pages - I decided to indulge in reading more of Byatt's inventive and refreshing "fairy stories," tales with more than a nodding familiarity to conventions Propp would have argued for, but told with wonderful humour and sensitivity. My chance was amply rewarded: the stories in this little volume are a mix of short and long, serious and light-hearted. I particularly liked the closing tale that provides the book its names, as well as "The Story of the Eldest Princess."