Medusa's Ankles

Medusa's Ankles
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9780593321591
ISBN-13 : 0593321596
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Book Synopsis Medusa's Ankles by : A. S. Byatt

Download or read book Medusa's Ankles written by A. S. Byatt and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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