She was a great writer and a great feminist, and will be read for illumination and entertainment for many years to come
New Statesman
She was and is more than a breath of fresh air in contemporary letters.She is a bloody hurricane when she is in the mood
Daily Telegraph
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL MOORCOCKAngela Carter was one of the most important and influential writers of our time: a novelist of extraordinary power and a searching critic and essayist.This selection of her writing, which she made herself, covers more than a decade of her thought and ranges over a diversity of subjects giving a true measure of the wide focus of her interests: the brothers Grimm; William Burroughs; food writing, Elizbaeth David; British writing: American writing; sexuality, from Josephine Baker to the history of the corset; and appreciations of the work of Joyce and Christina Stead.
Les mer
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.
She was a great writer and a great feminist, and will be read for illumination and entertainment for many years to come
Extraordinary essays from one of the century's finest writers
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099222811
Publisert
1993-04-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
171 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter
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