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THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Angela Carter
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Description for THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Discover Angela Carter’s classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales interwoven by a master of seductive, luminous storytelling.
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
Featuring an introduction from award-winning short story writer Helen Simpson
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Series
Vintage Magic
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099588115
SKU
V9780099588115
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
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 THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Fairy tales reimagined for feminist times
Grazia
She was, among other things, a quirky, original, and baroque stylist, a trait especially marked in The Bloody Chamber - her vocabulary a mix of finely tuned phrase, luscious adjective, witty aphorism, and hearty, up-theirs vulgarity
Margaret Atwood
Observer
Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality
Ian McEwan ... Read more
Grazia
She was, among other things, a quirky, original, and baroque stylist, a trait especially marked in The Bloody Chamber - her vocabulary a mix of finely tuned phrase, luscious adjective, witty aphorism, and hearty, up-theirs vulgarity
Margaret Atwood
Observer
Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality
Ian McEwan ... Read more