LEADER 03244cam 2200493 i 4500001 on1243263335 003 OCoLC 005 20220126081650.0 008 210424t20212021nyu 000 1 eng 010 2021016813 019 126927502612855236841289324496 020 9780593321584 020 0593321588 |qhardcover 020 |z9780593321591 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) o1243263335 035 (OCoLC)1243263335 |z(OCoLC)1269275026 |z(OCoLC)1285523684 |z(OCoLC)1289324496 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dHQD |dHT# |dTCH |dUWB |dAPL |dYDX |dJTH |dYU6 |dFHP |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 050 00 PR6052.Y2 |bM43 2021 082 00 823/.914 |223 100 1 Byatt, A. S. |q(Antonia Susan), |d1936-2023 |eauthor. |=^A88860 245 10 Medusa's ankles : |bselected stories / |cA. S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell. 250 First United States edition. 264 1 New York : |bAlfred A. Knopf, |c2021. 264 4 |c 2021 300 xvii, 445 pages ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 505 00 |gThe |tJuly ghost -- |tSugar -- |tPrecipice-encurled -- |tRacine and the tablecloth -- |tMedusa's ankles -- |gThe |tChinese lobster -- |tDragons' breath -- |gThe |tDjinn in the nightingale's eye -- |gA |tLamia in the C evennes -- |tChrist in the house of Martha and Mary -- |tCold -- |tHeavenly bodies -- |tRaw material -- |gA |tstone woman -- |gThe |tnarrow jet -- |tDolls' eyes -- |gThe |tlucid dreamer -- |tSea story 650 0 Short stories, English. |=^A16400 650 7 Short stories, American. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01117064 655 7 Short stories. |2lcgft 655 7 Short stories. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01726740 655 7 Short stories. |2gsafd 700 1 Mitchell, David, |ewriter of introduction. |=^A1274175 776 08 |iOnline version:Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- |tMedusa's ankles. |bFirst United States edition. |dNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021] |z9780593321591 |w(DLC) 2021016814 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s28.00 |uJENG |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5788195