The Game is a lush and disturbing novel portraying a sibling rivalry which compels the reader to reconsider the uses and misuses of imagination. when they were little girls, Cassandra and Julia played a game in which they entered an alternate world modeled on the landscapes of Arthurian romance. Now the sisters are grown, and hostile strangers--until a figure from their past, a man they once both loved and suffered over, reenters their lives.

From Publishers Weekly

Vintage continues to reprint works by Byatt, the acclaimed author of Possession : this season brings a novel about two estranged sisters, The Game , and the collection Sugar and Other Stories .
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Review

''Byatt is a gifted observer, able to discern the exact details that bring whole worlds into being.'' -- New York Times Book Review

''Byatt is the most formidably equipped of contemporary novelists . . .The great merit of [her] writing . . . is that it continually engages the reader's mind.'' -- Daily Telegraph (London)

''Nadia May's expert narration adds to the drama of this complex and satisfying work. Recommended.'' -- Library Journal