Don't Try This at Home
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A girl repeatedly chops her boyfriend in half but, while her 'other half' multiplies, she is still...
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Jack David Zipes and Angela Carter
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In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the oral tradition fairy tales that are...
The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary
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The Feminism of Uncertainty brings together Ann Snitow's passionate, provocative dispatches from...
A Drink of One's Own: Cocktails for Literary Ladies
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50 cocktails each inspired by famous women writers from around the world, from the United Kingdom,...
Mrs. Caliban
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In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and waiting for her husband to come home from...
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LucyB (47 KP) rated Nights at the Circus in Books
Jul 23, 2017
I'd been expecting good things from this book, as everyone always tells me how wonderful Angela Carter is, and it certainly delivered!
It's a surreal, earthy kind of book, divided into three distinct parts, which largely focus on the introduction of Fevvers (the fabulous cockney winged woman), the days at the circus, and the wilds of Siberia. Hey, I did warn you it was surreal!
In this book, the reader encounters intelligent pigs (I LOVED Sybil!), brothel madams who like dressing up as Nelson, depressed clowns and more. It's a weird, wonderful world that Carter conjures up, but a joy to immerse yourself in!
It's also great to read an author who is simultaneously so elegant with her language, and so brutally down-to-earth. This echoes the main character in a way, who has the potential to soar to the sea or crash to the ground.
Definitely a must-read...I've no doubt I'll be revisiting this book in the future!
The Faber Book of Pop
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This acclaimed collection charts the course of Pop from its underground origins through its low and...