Possession

"A. S. Byatt's "Possession" is the greatest single influence on my fiction, with its academic protagonist, historical elements, missing texts and love of scholarship."

"A. S. Byatt's "Possession," Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder," Barbara Kingsolver's recent "Unsheltered," and Nell Freudenberger's forthcoming "Lost and Wanted" all are marvelous depictions of the direct link between the body's cravings and the passions of the mind."