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Book by Carter, Angela
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About the Author
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 Perceptions, the Somerset Maugham Award. She died in February 1992.
Review
"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 *
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- PublisherVirago Press Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1844083675
- ISBN 13 9781844083671
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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Fireworks (Virago Modern Classics)
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Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 1844083675
ISBN 13: 9781844083671
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Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the short fiction of Angela Carter, the landmarks of reality disappear and give way to a landscape of riotous and uncensored sensibility. The city of Tokyo turns into a mirrored chamber reflecting the impossible longings of an exiled Englishwoman abandoned by her Japanese lover. An itinerant puppet show becomes a theatre of murderous lust. A walk through the forest ends in a nightmarish encounter with a gun-toting nymph and her hermaphrodite 'aunt'. Not simply a book of tales, Fireworks is a headlong plunge into an alternate universe, the unique creation of one of the most fertile, dark, irreverent, and baroquely beautiful imaginations in contemporary fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001380305
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Fireworks B
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2006
ISBN 10: 1844083675
ISBN 13: 9781844083671
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Softcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. New Ed. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 7129343-6
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Fireworks B
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2006
ISBN 10: 1844083675
ISBN 13: 9781844083671
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Softcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. New Ed. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 7581442-6
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