Asta's Book
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime / Mystery novel
PublisherViking (UK)
Harmony (US)
Publication date
March 25, 1993
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback) & Audiobook
Pages448 (paperback)
ISBN0-14-017661-6
OCLC30735495
Preceded byKing Solomon's Carpet 
Followed byNo Night Is Too Long 

Asta's Book is a 1993 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the name Barbara Vine.[1] It was published in the USA under the title Anna's Book.

Plot

The story of Asta, a Danish immigrant in London in 1905, is told mainly in flashback through the discovery of her diary by her daughter.[2][3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Shena Mackay (28 March 1993). "A cold fish in a shoal of red herrings: Asta's Book - Barbara Vine". The Independent. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. โ†‘ "Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell". Books. Gradegate Limited: 30. 1990.
  3. โ†‘ L. W. Sumner (1996). Welfare, happiness, and ethics. Clarendon Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780198244400.


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