The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

By A. S. Byatt

Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, short stories, Women authors, Fairy tales, England, fiction, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, women authors, English Fantasy fiction, English literature, history and criticism, 21st century, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)

Description: A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.