{"product_id":"medusas-ankles-by-a-s-byatt-9781529112993","title":"Medusa’s Ankles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA luminous single-volume selection of short stories from the Booker prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedusa’s Ankles\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the very best of A. S. Byatt's short fiction, carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. 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\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeopled by artists, poets and fabulous creatures, the stories blaze with creativity and travel from Ancient myth to an English sweet factory, a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, a Turkish bazaar to a fairytale palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDriven by curiosity, Byatt takes her readers beyond the veneer of the ordinary and the gloss of the fantastical, to a place rich in ideas, vivid in colour and wholly unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith an introduction by David Mitchell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A cabinet of curiosities... Glitteringly beautiful. Byatt is a vivid colourist' – \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas' – \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'These little stories by one of Britain's foremost grandes dames of the writing world are a delightful surprise, packing a much greater punch than many full-length novels... They are moving, thought-provoking, witty and shocking all at once' – \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670944272620,"sku":"9781529112993","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11551653482732.jpg?v=1752793357","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/medusas-ankles-by-a-s-byatt-9781529112993","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}