In <i>The Bloody Chamber</i>, Carter''s famous collection of deeply unsettling stories inspired by fairy tales, a Beauty is turned into a Beast and Little Red Riding''s grandmother is stoned to death as a witch; a young music student is swept off her feet in Paris by a middle-aged aristocrat and transported to his ancestral abode to re-enact the story of Bluebeard against a sumptuous fin de si¿e background; a British soldier on a cycling holiday in Transylvania in the summer of 1914 finds himself the guest of an alluring female vampire. By contrast, in <i>Wise Children,</i> Carter''s last novel), the comic, the bawdy and the life-enhancing prevail. An irrepressible elderly lady recalls the many colourful decades she and her sister spent as vaudeville performers - a tale as full of twins and mistaken identities as any plot of Shake- speare''s. The early collection, <i>Fireworks</i>, reveals Carter taking her first forays into the fantastic writing that was to become her unforgettable le
Pris: kr 199.00 fra Norli
Butikk | Pris | |
---|---|---|
kr 199.00 | Besøk butikk |
<i>"All is yours, everywhere is open to you - except the lock that the single key fits. You must promise, if you love me, to leave it well alone."</i>When a 17 year old virgin marries a mature and charismatic Marquis it seems like...
kr 199.00
Mer informasjon
<p><b>Discover Angela Carter¿s classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales interwoven by a master of seductive, luminous storytelling.</b><br><br>From familiar fairy tales and legends - <i>Red Riding Hood</i>,...
kr 169.00
Mer informasjon
Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel.
kr 149.00
Mer informasjon