Record Number |
848383 |
ISBN |
9781784743765 (hardback) |
Author |
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- author. |
Title |
Medusa's ankles : selected stories / A.S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Chatto & Windus, 2021. |
©2021 |
Pagination etc. |
xvii, 441 pages ; 25 cm. |
Contents note |
The July ghost -- Sugar -- Precipice-encurled -- Racine and the tablecloth -- Medusa's ankles -- The Chinese lobster -- Dragons' breath -- The djinn in the nightingale's eye -- A lamia in the Cevennes -- Christ in the house of Martha and Mary -- Cold -- Heavenly bodies -- Raw material -- A stone woman -- The narrow jet -- Dolls' eyes -- The lucid dreamer -- Sea story. |
Summary Note |
Carefully selected from five collections and over thirty years of writing, this beautiful new publication celebrates the best of A. S. Byatt's short stories. Fascinated by fairy tales and fables, art and creation, these stories of betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion will delight readers. |
Subject |
Short stories, English -- 20th century |
Short stories, English -- 21st century |
Short stories. |
Added Author |
Mitchell, David (David Stephen) writer of introduction. |
Shelf Location |
F BYAT |