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She left academia behind to establish herself as a leading writer of highbrow fiction
Europe’s deep and complicated past has offered the Erasmus Prize winner a broad canvas for her work
AS Byatt’s latest book is an exploration of what the two great polymaths of the arts had in common — and what set them apart
AS Byatt brings an apocalyptic Norse myth to England during the second world war
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