The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

A special edition of the feminist cult classic

Angela Carter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2023
Vintage Classics (Verlag)
978-1-78487-868-9 (ISBN)

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A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter's feminist retelling of fairy tales - masterful, seductive and luminous.

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.

'Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality' Ian McEwan

'A quirky, original, and baroque stylist' Margaret Atwood

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

INTRODUCED BY HELEN SIMPSON

Angela Carter was born in 1940 and read English at Bristol University, before spending two years living in Japan. She lived and worked extensively in the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was published in 1965, followed by the Magic Toyshop in 1967, which went on to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She wrote a further four novels, together with three collections of Short Stories, two works of non-fiction and a volume of collected writings. Angela Carter died in 1992.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Vintage Quarterbound Classics
Einführung	Helen Simpson
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 204 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-78487-868-5 / 1784878685
ISBN-13	978-1-78487-868-9 / 9781784878689
Zustand	Neuware