by Angela Carter · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140056525
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«Heroes and Villains» is Angela Carter's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, published by Penguin in paperback (160 pages, in English).
After the apocalypse, the world is divided between the Professors, who preserve civilization, and the barbarian tribes that rule the jungle. Marianne, a Professor's daughter, is abducted and taken to that vegetal paradise, where she becomes Jewel's captive and witnesses the rituals of the snake worshippers, caught between attraction and fear of chaos.
This King Penguin edition was published in 1988; the novel, in English, was originally published in 1969.
For readers of dystopian science fiction and literary narrative, and for fans of Angela Carter.
Angela Olive Pearce, who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realist, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
