Medusa's ankles : selected stories / A. S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First United States editionDescription: xvii, 445 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593321584
- 0593321588
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | BYATT, A. S. | Available | 33111010750376 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
"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.
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 Cévennes -- 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