Medusa's ankles

selected stories
AS Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell
Book - 2021

"A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, drawn from her entire career. Mirrors shatter at the hairdressers 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 a place rich and strange and wholly unforgettable"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Edition:First United States edition.
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700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Precipice-encurled. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Racine and the tablecloth. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Chinese lobster. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Dragons' breath. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Djinn in the nightingale's eye. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Lamia in the Cévennes. 
700 1 2 |a Byatt, A. S.  |q (Antonia Susan),  |d 1936-  |t Christ in the house of Martha and Mary. 
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