Description: For the 75th anniversary of her birth, a Deluxe Edition of the master of the literary supernatural's most celebrated book-featuring a new introduction by Kelly Link Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction. In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber-which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves-she spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like "Little Red Riding Hood," "Bluebeard," "Puss in Boots," and "Beauty and the Beast," giving them exhilarating new life in a style steeped in the romantic trappings of the gothic tradition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Angela Carter (1940-1992) wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as nonfiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves, based on her story of the same name. She won numerous literary awards, traveled and taught widely in the United States, and lived in London. Kelly Link is the author of the story collections Get in Trouble, Stranger Things Happen, and Magic for Beginners. She has won the Nebula and World Fantasy awards and has had stories published in The Best American Short Stories, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Born in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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EAN: 9780143107613
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ISBN: 9780143107613
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Book Title: Bloody Chamber : and Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Angela Carter
Book Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
