Medusa's ankles : selected stories / A. S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell.
| Author/creator |
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023 author. |
| Other author/creator | Mitchell, David, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First United States edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. |
| Copyright Notice | 2021 |
| Description | xvii, 445 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The July ghost -- Sugar -- Precipice-encurled -- Racine and the tablecloth -- Medusa's ankles -- The Chinese lobster -- Dragons' breath -- The Djinn in the nightingale's eye -- A Lamia in the C evennes -- Christ in the house of Martha and Mary -- Cold -- Heavenly bodies -- Raw material -- A stone woman -- The narrow jet -- Dolls' eyes -- The lucid dreamer -- Sea story |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- Medusa's ankles. First United States edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021] 9780593321591 |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| LCCN | 2021016813 |
| ISBN | 9780593321584 |
| ISBN | 0593321588 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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