An Evening with A S BYatt
Date: Thu, 14/01/2010 - 6:30pm
Venue: Swedenborg Hall, The Swedenborg Society, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH
Thursday 14th January 2010
6:30 pm
Swedenborg Hall
Wine and canapes will be served
Admission £5.00/£3.00 concessions
The distinguished n
ovelist and former
academic, Dame Antonia Byatt, will give a commented reading from her 1992
novella The Conjugial Angel, one half of Angels and Insects. The story explores dynamics within the Tennyson family, Swedenborgian ideas and spiritualism in
the nineteenth century.
The talk will be complemented by an exclusive preview of music from Philip Haas's forthcoming opera based on The Conjugial Angel. Followed by Q & A.
A S Byatt won the Booker Prize and the Irish Times Interna
tional Fiction Prize in 1990 for her
novel Possession. Part romance, part
literary thriller, the novel is steeped in nineteenth century literary culture and happens to contain several references to
Swedenborg. Her latest publication, The Children's Book, another work of
fiction exploring artistic creation, was short-listed for this year's
Man Booker Prize.
Booking is highly recommended. Please contact nora@swedenborg.org.uk or (020) 7405 7986.