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1. Flint
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Ines is grieving for her mother when she sees her navel has turned to flint. Gothic tale read by Penelope Wilton.
Ines is a middle-aged etymologist.
When her mother dies, grief overtakes her.
Then, after a minor surgery, she discovers her navel has turned to flint.
AS Byatt's sensuous and ultimately uplifting account of one woman's transformation into stone.
The first of a three part modern day gothic fable that muses on grief.
Read by the acclaimed actress Penelope Wilton.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
Made for 大象传媒 7 and first broadcast in December 2004.
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