Fireworks
Author(s): Angela Carter
'I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic, sensuous stories represent Carter's first major achievement in the short-story form. Lush imaginary forests, a murderous puppet show and an expressionistic vision of Japan- each one instantly conjures an atmosphere, dark and luminous in turn, and recognisably from the daring imagination of one of the great twentieth-century stylists.
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"Exotic and sensuous" * Sunday Times * "Luminous" * The Age * "It is hard to imagine the literary landscape without Angela Carter. Hers is a legacy that extends way beyond the bounds of her own work" * Independent * "I can't think of anyone who is at that pitch of intellectual commentary, fictional experimentation and fullness of expression. I'm not a patch on her. Jesus, I wish I was" -- Ali Smith "Its autobiographical stories set in Japan, where she had gone to live with a Japanese lover, give off a direct and poignant emotion. They show her changing, too" * Independent *
General Fields
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- : Vintage Publishing
- : Vintage Classics
- : 30 September 2017
- : 01 November 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Angela Carter
- : 144