by Angela Carter · Virago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780860681908
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«The Magic Toyshop» is Angela Carter's gothic novel, published by Virago in paperback (204 pages, in English).
Melanie, a fifteen-year-old English girl, sees her comfortable life collapse after her parents' death and is sent to London to live with an uncle and aunt she has never met. In her uncle Philip's toyshop she discovers an oppressive universe of life-size automata and marionettes, where the family atmosphere grows increasingly unsettling as Melanie, the attractive Finn and her singular relatives try to find a glimmer of freedom.
Novel from the Virago Modern Classics collection, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1967. Paperback edition from Virago, with 204 pages and complete text in English.
For readers of literary and fantastical fiction seeking a modern classic with a gothic atmosphere and an adolescent protagonist.
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.
