by Angela Carter · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140128376
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«The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories» is Angela Carter's short story collection, published by Penguin in paperback (128 pages, in English).
A collection of tales that reimagines classic fairy tales and legends with a dark, sensual, and gothic eye. Angela Carter turns stories like Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, and Beauty and the Beast on their heads, featuring vampires, werewolves, and other fantastic creatures.
This Penguin paperback edition is from 1990 (ISBN 9780140128376); the cover reproduces a white cove with red drops.
For readers of literary fiction and fantasy seeking adult, atmospheric reinterpretations of traditional fairy tales.
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.
