{"product_id":"9781529112993","title":"Medusa's Ankles","description":"Author: Byatt, A S\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529112993\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 27mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous single-volume selection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMirrors 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedusa's Ankles\u003c\/i\u003e 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 travel from Ancient myth to an English sweet factory, a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, a Turkish bazaar to a fairytale palace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriven by curiosity, Byatt takes her readers beyond the veneer of the ordinary and the gloss of the fantastical, to a place rich in ideas, vivid in colour and wholly unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful. Byatt is a vivid colourist' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These little stories by one of Britain's foremost grandes dames of the writing world are a delightful surprise, packing a much greater punch than many full-length novels... They are moving, thought-provoking, witty and shocking all at once' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065879748766,"sku":"UBD-9781529112993","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529112993.jpg?v=1738731234","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529112993","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}