Издания и произведения

«Вавилонская башня» — это третий роман «Квартета Фредерики», считающегося, пожалуй, главным произведением кавалерственной дамы ордена Британской империи Антонии Сьюзен Байетт. Тетралогия писалась в течение четверти века, и сюжет ее также имеет четвертьвековой охват, причем первые два романа («Дама в саду», «Живая вещь») вышли еще до удостоенного Букеровской премии международного бестселлера «Обладать», а третий и четвертый — после. Итак, Фредерика Поттер — бывшая йоркширская школьница и кембриджская выпускница, а теперь жена херефордширского сквайра — сбегает с малолетним сыном от мужа-тирана из его имения Брэн-Хаус и оказывается в…

Babel Tower is the third novel in Byatt's highly acclaimed Frederica quartet. Frederica is embroiled in two law cases, twin strands of the Establishment's web: a painful divorce and custody suit and the prosecution of an 'obscene' book. Frederica's personal and legal crises mirror an age; alongside Frederica's intellectual life teaching at art school in London are the diverging cultural worlds of the Beatles and the advent of computer languages.

Babel Tower is the third novel in Byatt's highly acclaimed Frederica quartet. Frederica is embroiled in two law cases, twin strands of the Establishment's web: a painful divorce and custody suit and the prosecution of an 'obscene' book. Frederica's personal and legal crises mirror an age; alongside Frederica's intellectual life teaching at art school in London are the diverging cultural worlds of the Beatles and the advent of computer languages.

The Booker Prize-winning author of Possession presents an extraordinary story set against the backdrop of the 1960s—a turbulent decade of clashing politics, passionate ideals, and shifting sexual roles. At the heart of Babel Tower are two law cases, twin strands of the Establishment's web, that shape the story: a painful divorce and custody suit and the prosecution of an "obscene" book. Frederica, the independent young heroine, is involved in both. She startled her intellectual circle of friends by marrying a young country squire, whose violent streak has now been turned against her. Fleeing to London with their young son, she gets a…

"In BABEL TOWER a cast of striking characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early 1960s. Frederica (the heroine of VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN and STILL LIFE) now teaching English in an art college, is hiding herself and her son Leo from a violent husband; her urge towards freedom later leads to an angry, humiliating divorce case. Hers is not the only struggle- her friend Jude writes a novel, BABBELTOWER, which is tried for obscenity; her brother-in-law Daniel becomes involved in new movements for London's poor and distressed. Their crises mirror those of the age - abroad,…

Babel Tower follows The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life in tracing Frederica Potter, a lover of books who reflects the author's life and times. It centers around two lawsuits: in one, Frederica -- a young intellectual who has married outside her social set -- is challenging her wealthy and violent husband for custody of their child; in the other, an unkempt but charismatic rebel is charged with having written an obscene book, a novel-within-a-novel about a small band of revolutionaries who attempt to set up an ideal community. And in the background, rebellion gains a major toehold in the London of the Sixties, and society will never be…

Итак, Фредерика Поттер — бывшая йоркширская школьница и кембриджская выпускница, а теперь жена херефордширского сквайра — сбегает с малолетним сыном от мужа-тирана из его имения Брэн-Хаус и оказывается в Лондоне 1960-х годов, который вот-вот трансформируется в психоделический «свингующий Лондон». Там ее окружают художники-бунтари, писатели и поэты. История матери-одиночки, зарабатывающей на жизнь преподаванием в художественном училище и литературной критикой, переслаивается главами «романа в романе» под названием «Балабонская башня» и протоколами двух судебных процессов — над этой книгой, обвиненной в оскорблении общественной морали, и по…