Medusa's Ankles : Selected Stories
by Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan)
Edition statement:1st Published by : Chatto & Windus (Milton Keynes) Physical details: xvii, 440 Pages 24X16 cm | HB ISBN:9781784743765. Year: 2021| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction | Fiction | 823.914 B993M 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | 66239 |
"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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