by Angela Carter · Vintage Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099981107
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«Wise Children» is Angela Carter's comic novel, published by Vintage Classics in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Dora Chance, at seventy-five, writes the memoirs of twins Dora and Nora, unrecognized daughters of Shakespearean actor Sir Melchior Hazard. The novel spans a century of entertainment, from music hall to Hollywood, and interweaves two families, the Hazards and the Chances, with games of identity and nods to Shakespeare.
The novel was originally published in 1991, and this Vintage Classics edition includes an introduction by Ali Smith.
For readers of British literary fiction, magical realism, and novels about families and the world of theater.
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.
