Medusa¿s Ankles Av A S Byatt

<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 ce