The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories :A special edition of the feminist cult classic - Vintage Quarterbound Classics
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories :A special edition of the feminist cult classic - Vintage Quarterbound Classics
hardback
Published:
5 October, 2023
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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
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781784878689 |
| ISBN10 | 1784878685 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 308 g |
| Product Dimensions | 138 x 204 x 25 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | hardback |
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Author's Bio
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.