'She was, among other things, a quirky, original, and baroque stylist . . . her vocabulary a mix of finely tuned phrase, luscious adjective, witty aphorism, and hearty, up-theirs vulgarity' Margaret Atwood, Observer'Angela Carter was a...

"Die infernalischen Traummaschinen des Doktor Hoffman: Roman" von Angela Carter ist eine surreale und fantasievolle Geschichte, die sich in einer Stadt abspielt, die unter dem Einfluss der Traummaschinen des mysteriösen Dr. Hoffman...

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day--were known as the Lucky...

"Wise Children" von Angela Carter ist ein lebendiger und humorvoller Roman, der die Geschichte der ungleichen Zwillinge Dora und Nora Chance erzählt. Die Schwestern sind Teil einer Theaterdynastie in London und feiern ihren 75....

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories von Carter, Angela

"Wise Children" von Angela Carter ist ein humorvoller und lebendiger Roman, der die Geschichte der Zwillingsschwestern Dora und Nora Chance erzählt. Die Schwestern sind unkonventionelle Bühnenkünstlerinnen aus dem Londoner Showbusiness,...

Opened at London's Lyric Hammersmith in 2006. von Carter, Angela

Angela Carter was born in 1940. She lived in Japan, the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was published in 1965. Her next book, The Magic Toyshop, won the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize and the next, Several...

'Neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' Hermione Lee'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous...

Angela Carter's absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories, exclusive to "Vintage Classics". von Carter, Angela

The scar drew her whole face sideways and even in profile, with the hideous thing turned away, her face was horribly lop-sided, skin, features and all, dragged away from the bone. She was a beautiful girl, a white and golden girl, like...

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. von Carter, Angela