The Magic Toyshop
$24.15
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
2 March 1996
Summary
This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human figures went masked… She was in the night once again, and the doll was herself.
One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother’s wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the home of her childhood, she is sent to live with relatives she has never met: gentle Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and her broth…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860681908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0860681904 |
| Author: | Angela Carter |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 1996 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 169mm x 199mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
The boldest of English women writers
‘The boldest of English women writers’ Lorna Sage ‘Her writing is pyrotechnic – fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language’ Observer
About The Author
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was born in 1940. One of Britain’s most original and disturbing writers, she died in 1992.
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