Häftad, Engelska, 1995
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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Discover Angela Carter's classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales woven in seductive, luminous storytelling.Beauty is turned into a Beast, Little Red Riding’s grandmother is stoned to death as a witch and, in the title story, a beautiful young pianist is swept into the world of a rich and sinister aristocrat, a man whose previous three wives have all died in mysterious circumstances.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 AtwoodWith an introduction from award-winning short story writer Helen Simpson
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- Utgivningsdatum: 1995-07-13
- Mått: 135 x 200 x 10 mm
- Vikt: 98 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Vintage Classics
- Antal sidor: 176
- Förlag: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099588115
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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.
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Fairy tales reimagined for feminist times
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