Bibliograph

Medusa's ankles, selected stories, A.S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell

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Label

Medusa's ankles, selected stories, A.S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Medusa's ankles

Responsibility statement

A.S. Byatt ; with an introduction by David Mitchell

Sub title

selected stories

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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