The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

By A. S. Byatt

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

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.