Medusa's ankles : selected stories / A. S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023, author.

Contributor:

Mitchell, David, writer of introduction.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 446 pages)

polychrome

Edition:

First United States edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Byatt, A. S. 1936- Medusa's ankles

ISBN:

9780593321591

0593321596

Publisher Number:

40030873081

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.