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An odyssey of childhood, mythology and the imagination from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession and The Children´s Book

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As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.

Linguistically stunning and imaginatively abundant, Byatt´s mesmerising tale - inspired by the myth of Ragnarok -is a landmark piece of storytelling from one of the world´s truly great writers.

The Myths series brings together some of the world´s finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

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Lyrical and urgent The Times

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A.S. Byatt is renowned internationally for her novels and short stories, including the Booker Prize-winning Possession, The Biographer´s Tale and the Man Booker-shortlisted The Children´s Book. A distinguished critic as well as a writer of fiction, she was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999.

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