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  <title><![CDATA[The Matisse Stories]]></title>
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  <default-description>These three stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, &lt;b&gt;The Matisse Stories&lt;/b&gt; is fiction of spellbinding authority.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Full of delight and humor...&lt;b&gt;The Matisse Stories&lt;/b&gt; is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.&quot;--&lt;i&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/i&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1993</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Matisse Stories</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[A.S. Byatt]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 10 09:22:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 10 09:22:49 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[You don't have to be an expert on Matisse or of art theory to understand and appreciate this rich collection of three stories by A.S. Byatt. In each story, Byatt frames a scenario with a Matisse painting in such a way that the story is not about the painting itself, but of the characters and they wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1143139">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 13:29:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 19:22:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If there is one thing to be said about this very small collection of stories, it is that A.S. Byatt herself is a artist, not only with words, but with paint and brush. Her knowledge of colour schemes seem to pop out at you while describing the smallest things in the most oddest scenes. Even when des...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68228102">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40139454">
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    <name><![CDATA[Clare]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 15 07:47:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 15 07:54:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are only three stories in this collection, and while they do not astound in the same way Little Black Book of Stories does - Byatt is not at the height of her powers here - they are still enjoyable, especially the final story, &quot;The Chinese Lobster&quot;, which I'd read in The New Yorker a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40139454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4963920">
    <user id="107587">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Houston, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 22 16:56:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 22 16:57:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another re-read for me - I worked my way through all of Byatt’s fiction a while back. It’s a lovely little book, much more accessible than some of her novels. As the title suggests, each of the three stories are centered around Matisse - from the specific (the Rosy Nude in “Medusa’s ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4963920">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62171618">
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    <name><![CDATA[Gloria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Braintree, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 20:45:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 20:47:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderful little book esp the last story.  She always does the wonderful little contradictions of academia particularly well.  Book work reading for the last story which stays with you like a painting.  The woman is an art historian by trade I believe.  IT works.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="52108994">
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 09 15:14:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 15:19:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't generally care for fiction that uses works of art as a point of departure, but this collection worked becaue Byatt makes such skillful use of the themes of feminism and feminine body images.]]></body>
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    <review id="41830626">
    <user id="1829385">
    <name><![CDATA[Leslie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wilmington, DE]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 08:35:21 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 08:36:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite Byatt. The stories really hit home-especially beacuse they have a &quot;middle-aged&quot; theme: living your life and not perpetually planning for it. Fun and beautiful]]></body>
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    <review id="60171888">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Manila, D9, Philippines]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 09:12:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 18 22:16:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The concept of this collection is something to fall in love with, though I can't say that same magic happened with the stories themselves. Out of the three stories, the second was the only one I could completely enter. However, there is something in each that lingers long after the last page is turn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60171888">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6002792">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Marcos, TX]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[you and you and you]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 10 13:16:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 10 13:33:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Byatt is probably my favorite author.  Everything she writes is so elegant and an advertisement for the depth and breadth of her knowledge.  But these stories are my favorite.  Especially the one about the middle aged woman at the hair salon.  Byatt is an expert at conveying the insecurities of a wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6002792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73116681">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Centreville, VA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 12:30:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 12:30:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read &quot;Art Work&quot;, but it was a very well-written story. Wonderful depth of character combined with a social perspective.]]></body>
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    <review id="60510493">
    <user id="335159">
    <name><![CDATA[Ruth]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 08:47:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 21 10:41:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There should be a green star for &quot;read it, but don't remember a thing about it,&quot; altho that in itself is sort of a review.]]></body>
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    <review id="50354743">
    <user id="2157910">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 14:06:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book (actually a collection of short stories) by A.S. Byatt that I read and it is a good introduction to her style of writing.<br/>Enjoyable and interesting.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="72297017">
    <user id="1652316">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 19:38:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Matisse painting, a Byatt story ... very similar. These three stories were wonderful.]]></body>
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    <review id="46258796">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 13:27:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 13 13:28:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A small but lip-smacking read, to be read in your favorite cozy restful spot...]]></body>
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    <review id="60567774">
    <user id="1081376">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A. S. Byatt is a terrific author.  I liked some of these short stories.]]></body>
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    <review id="39871676">
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    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[These stories were so perfect, I wish there had been more than 3!]]></body>
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    <review id="39789213">
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    <body><![CDATA[Three longish short stories that are pleasant to read.]]></body>
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    <review id="40390195">
    <user id="116366">
    <name><![CDATA[Jami]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 18 11:26:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 18 11:26:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[great quick read...details and great characters]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 17 09:09:12 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 07 09:18:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her style is elegant and her characters are poignant.  Stories are not much about plot as they are about the language and the tone.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 09 13:26:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 13:26:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[2 out of 3 stories are good. Nice for BART.]]></body>
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