{"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\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the story \"The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye\"--the basis for the George Miller film \u003ci\u003eThree Thousand Years of Longing\u003c\/i\u003e starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. S. BYATT is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Book, The Biographer's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePossession, \u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Booker Prize. She has also written two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Insects, \u003c\/i\u003e five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her \"inspiring contribution to 'life writing, '\" she lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641532682514,"sku":"9780593466858","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f59a9b8-ba46-4ec5-8b93-14832685f672.jpg?v=1733022858","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medusas-ankles-selected-stories-9780593466858","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}