Medusa's ankles : selected stories / A. S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321584 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xvii, 445 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2021. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The July ghost -- Sugar -- Precipice-encurled -- Racine and the tablecloth -- Medusa's ankles -- The Chinese lobster -- Dragon's breath -- The djinn in the Nightingale's eye -- A lamia in the CĂ©vennes -- 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. |
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Genre: | Short stories. |
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Lakeshore Branch | FIC Byatt | 31681010276012 | FICTION | Available | - |