{"product_id":"medusas-ankles-selected-stories-9780593466858","title":"Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMirrors 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593466858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277210128565,"sku":"9780593466858","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dbb133f7-7cb8-4931-862a-15a0a5682ce4.jpg?v=1657595967","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/medusas-ankles-selected-stories-9780593466858","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}