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Dead just three short months before i met him, a boating accident, at his home, in brittany. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world from the arctic to asia and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Burning your boats by angela carter penguin books australia. Burning your boats brings together carters early works and her uncollected short stories, alongside the collections fireworks, the bloody chamber, black venus and american ghosts. Angela carters book of wayward girls and wicked women. Flesh and the mirror so far regarding the guide we have now essays on the art of angela carter. From reflections on jazz and japan, through vigorous refashionings of classic folklore and fairy tales, to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, we are able to chart the.
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