Medusa's Ankles

Selected Stories from the Booker Prize Winner

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<p><b>A luminous selection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning A. S. Byatt, celebrating over thirty years of writing<br><br>With an introduction by David Mitchell</b><br><br>Byatt takes her readers to a place that is rich in ideas, vivid in colour and wholly unforgettable. 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.<br><br>Peopled by artists, poets and fabulous creatures, these stories travel from the ancient mythic world to an English sweet factory, a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, a Turkish bazaar to a fairy-tale palace. Blazing with creativity, they show what lies beneath the veneer of the ordinary, and reveal the fantastical possibilities beyond.<br><br><b>'A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas' <i>Spectator</i><br><br>'Moving, witty and shocking' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529112993

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

128 x 195 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Vintage Publishing