Asta's Book Explained

Asta's Book
Author:	Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher:	Viking (UK) Harmony (US)
Release Date:	March 25, 1993
Media Type:	Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audiobook
Pages:	448 (paperback)
Isbn:	0-14-017661-6
Oclc:	30735495
Preceded By:	King Solomon's Carpet
Followed By:	No 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]}

Notes and References

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