The Game

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About this book

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes a novel portraying a sibling rivalry which compels us to reconsider the uses and misuses of imagination."Complex and thoughtful."—The Times Literary SupplementWhen 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.

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3.8/5 · 1 readers · 286 pages · ≈ 5 h 18 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Game?

About ≈ 5 h 18 m — 286 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Game~5 h 18 m

How many pages is The Game?

286 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Game286

What genre is The Game?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is The Game in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Game?

A. S. Byatt.