Nothing Sacred
Selected Writings
$31.52
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
13 December 2016
Summary
“In the pursuit of magnificence, nothing is sacred,” says Angela Carter, and magnificence is indeed her own achievement. One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, her work as a journalist and critic was no less original.
Long autobiographical pieces on her life in South Yorkshire and South London are followed by highly individual inspections of ‘abroad’. Some of her most brilliant writing is devoted to Japan - exotically and erotically described here - so perfectly suited…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860682691 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0860682692 |
| Author: | Angela Carter |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 13 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Her imagination was one of the most dazzling this century
Angela Carter’s journalism exists somewhere in the territory marked out by Roland Barthes of MYTHOLOGIES, middle-period Orwell, and early Tom Wolfe - GUARDIAN
Her imagination was one of the most dazzling this century - MARINA WARNER (in the obituary), INDEPENDENTAbout The Author
Angela Carter
One of Britain’s most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. She died in February 1992.
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