{"product_id":"9781529112993","title":"Medusa’s Ankles : Selected Stories from the Booker Prize Winner","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Byatt, A S, Mitchell, David \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 November 2023 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 30 | 328g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA luminous selection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeopled 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful' Sunday Times'A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas' Spectator'Moving, witty and shocking' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025345134890,"sku":"9781529112993","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781529112993.jpg?v=1773925829","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529112993","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}