A review by liibbyo8
Possession by A.S. Byatt

4.0

There is something delicious about literature that is steeped in its own canon, its own story.

Possession is a celebration of poetry; of language and of history. It is beautifully layered, with immense depth. The interwoven stories of two poets and the scholars who loved and understood them 100 years later.

A complex, introspective, insightful exploration of human behaviour and emotion, but also a captivating mystery with a dramatic denouement.

A true masterpiece.