In her first novel, Angela Carter tells a disturbing and delicious tale of shattered beauty and male camaraderie. It shows one of the 20th century's greatest writers at the start of a dazzling career.
Presenting a selection of her writing, the author covers more than a decade of her thought, which ranges over a diversity of subjects giving a measure of the focus of her interests.
In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the oral tradition, fairy tales that are known and loved even today by virtually all children in the West. This book adapts the stories for modern readers of English.
Based on real people, this volume offers a collection of stories focusing on mingling history, invention, literary criticism, high drama and low comedy.
A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a... Læs mere
In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AUDREY NIFFENEGGERLove is Angela Carter's fifth novel and was first published in 1971. This revised edition has lost none of Angela Carter's haunting power to evoke the ebb... Læs mere
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL COOKEReading Shaking a Leg is like spending time with the funniest, wisest friend you’ve ever had;
Angela Carter's highly acclaimed polemic enlisting the Marquis de Sade in an argument about women's sexual freedom.
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Winner of the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love.