Still life

A. S. Byatt

earliest edition we have, 1985 Scribner, 1985 384 pages

In the 1950s, Stephanie Potter, now married to a clergyman, is conflicted about her domestic life and her strivings for intellectual fulfillment; her brilliant sister Frederica eagerly embarks on her academic (and sexual) education at Cambridge University; and their troubled brother Marcus painfully tries to find friendship and love.

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Editions we hold

Stilleben. paperback · 2002 · Suhrkamp · 489 pages · 9783518399194
Stilleben. hardcover · 2000 · Insel, Frankfurt · 500 pages · 9783458170051
Still Life (Vintage Spec Sale) paperback · 1996 · Vintage · 9780099176022
Still life edition · 1996 · Scribner Paperback Fiction · 384 pages
Still Life edition · 1995 · Penguin Random House · 448 pages · 9780099479918
Still life edition · 1991 · Collier Books · 384 pages
Still Life paperback · 1988 · Penguin Books Ltd · 368 pages · 9780140107630
Still Life (King Penguin S.) paperback · 1986 · Penguin Books Ltd · 368 pages · 9780140087031
Still life edition · 1985 · Scribner · 384 pages
Still Life edition · 1985 · Penguin Random House · 358 pages · 9780701126674

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