Medusa's Ankles
  • Published:
    Nov-2021 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2022 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    464
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A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of Cloud Atlas

Mirrors shatter at the hairdresser's 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 places rich and strange and wholly unforgettable.
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    •  
    • Sep-2022
    • Vintage
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0593466853
    • ISBN13: 9780593466858
    •  
    • Nov-2023
    • Vintage
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1529112990
    • ISBN13: 9781529112993
    • First Edition
    • Nov-2021
    • Knopf
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0593321588
    • ISBN13: 9780593321584
    •  
    • May-2021
    • Vintage (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1784743763
    • ISBN13: 9781784743765
    •  
    • Nov-2021
    • Knopf
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0593321596
    • ISBN13: 9780593321591
    •  
    • Nov-2021
    • Vintage
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1473578345
    • ISBN13: 9781473578340



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