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Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories (Vintage International)
Vintage
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9780593466858
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A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of Cloud Atlas Mirrors shatter at the hairdresser's when a middle-aged client explodes in rage. Snow dusts the warm body of a princess, honing it into something sharp and frosted. Summer sunshine flickers on the face of a smiling child who may or may not be real. Medusa's Ankles celebrates the very best of A. S. Byatt's short fiction, carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. Peopled by artists, poets, and fabulous creatures, the stories blaze with creativity and color. From ancient myth to a British candy factory, from a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, from a Turkish bazaar to a fairy-tale palace, Byatt transports her readers beyond the veneer of the ordinary--even beyond the gloss of the fantastical--to places rich and strange and wholly unforgettable.
- | Author: A. S. Byatt
- | Publisher: Vintage
- | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 464 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0593466853
- | ISBN-13: 9780593466858
- Author:
- A. S. Byatt
- Publisher:
- Vintage
- Publication Date:
- Sep 06, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 464 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 0593466853
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593466858