Ragnarök

 

                       
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Title
Ragnarök
Author A. S. Byatt
Genre British literature, Literary fiction, Mythological fiction, Retelling, Short novel
Format N/A

 

Book Description
Ragnarök retells the Norse myth of the end of the gods through the lens of a young girl reading mythology during the Second World War. Blending memoir, myth, and ecological warning, A. S. Byatt reflects on destruction, survival, and the human need for stories in times of crisis. The novel’s stark, unsentimental tone emphasizes inevitability and loss while questioning whether renewal is still possible in a damaged world.

 

About Author
A. S. Byatt (1936–2023), born Antonia Susan Drabble, was an acclaimed British novelist, short-story writer, and literary critic. Educated at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, she taught literature for many years while developing a body of fiction celebrated for its intellectual depth and stylistic range. Byatt achieved wide recognition with Possession: A Romance (1990), which won the Booker Prize and became her best-known work. Her writing often blends narrative with philosophy, myth, science, and art history, reflecting her belief in the pleasures of serious reading. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1999 for services to literature.

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