Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
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Book Overview
Nine darkly inventive tales of desire, slaughter, and hideous knowledge. . . . This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140105883
ISBN13:9780140105889
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Penguin Group USA
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.32 lbs.
Dimensions:8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"
Customer Reviews
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The Beauty of the Profane
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I find it difficult to describe the appeal of this in a few short sentences - like Carter's other work it is fabulous, provoking and sexually charged. Here again are her enduring themes - domination and transformation ('Master'), the ultimately desireable loss of innocence ('Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest'), and forays into the dark, folk-tale regions she has navigated with such effect in past works.They are described as 'pieces' and justly so; but pieces that are remarkable, fascinating and lose nothing for their brevity and strangeness.
Japanese eroticism & medieval torture
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Yes: in FIREWORKS, Angela Carter manages to tell stories dealing with Japan, medieval torture tactics, incest, gender-bending, and mirrors (LOTS of mirrors). It's a beautiful book...only a glimpse into her imagination and only a small taste of her bizarre politics. And, as she explains in her afterward, these stories are not stories, but "pieces," "tales"--a nod to Poe or even to the Brothers Grimm. This is a very unusual--and rewarding--collection of writings.
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