A S Byatt Medusa's Ankles : Selected Stories from the Booker Prize Winner

A luminous selection of short stories from the Booker prizewinning A. S. Byatt, celebrating over thirty years of writingWith an introduction by David MitchellByatt takes her readers to a place that is rich in ideas, vivid in colour and wholly unforgettable. Mirrors shatter at the hairdressers when a middleaged 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. 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 fairytale palace. Blazing with creativity, they show what lies beneath the veneer of the ordinary, and reveal the fantastical possibilities beyond. A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful Sunday TimesA cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas SpectatorMoving, witty and shocking Sunday Telegraph | A S Byatt Medusa's Ankles : Selected Stories from the Booker Prize Winner