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21%OFFAngela Carter - Wise Children (Vintage Classics) - 9780099981107 - V9780099981107
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Wise Children (Vintage Classics)

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Description for Wise Children (Vintage Classics) Paperback. Presents the tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
This title is presented with an introduction by Ali Smith. A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.

Product Details

Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099981107
SKU
V9780099981107
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97

About Angela Carter
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 ... Read more

Reviews for Wise Children (Vintage Classics)
It is wise, bawdy, vulgar, eloquent and very, very funny... And the writing is often breathtakingly lyrical... A masterpiece. Please share.
Guardian
Wise Children is Angela Carter's best book. It deserves many prizes and, better than that, the affection of generations of readers
Times Literary Supplement
Inventive and brilliant
The ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Wise Children (Vintage Classics)


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