wyszukanych pozycji: 56
American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
ISBN: 9780099133711 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a fly-blown Southern brothel; and a transfigured Mary Magdalene steps out of the canvases of Donatello and de la Tour.
A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pi...
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71,88 zł |
Fireworks
ISBN: 9781784872984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. `I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko.
`I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during ...
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49,75 zł |
Love
ISBN: 9780099594215 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alienation and lost connections. This revised edition evokes the ebb of the 1960s, and includes an afterword which describes the progress of the survivors into the anguish of middle age.
Charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alien...
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46,63 zł |
Wise Children
ISBN: 9780374530945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day--were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at age 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed that Angela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, she created in Wise Children an effervescent family saga that... In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Mel... |
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74,43 zł |
Nights at the Circus
ISBN: 9780140077032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, her acclaimed novel about the exploits of a circus performer who is part-woman, part-swan Sophi Fevvers--the toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec--is an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all fake?... Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody C... |
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70,06 zł |
Heroes and Villains
ISBN: 9780140234640 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) After the apocalypse, society is divided into three endlessly warring factions. The Professors and Soldiers maintain what is left of civilization while the superstitious Barbarians constantly attack them. The Barbarians are in turn attacked by the deformed and diseased Out People, who struggle to survive in a netherworld of incinerated cities. When Marianne, a Professor's daughter, is kidnapped to become the captive bride of the Barbarian Jewel, a dangerous, erotic love story begins. For as Marianne gives herself over to the exotic life of the jungle, she also begins to discover her own...
After the apocalypse, society is divided into three endlessly warring factions. The Professors and Soldiers maintain what is left of civilization whil...
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96,33 zł |
The Magic Toyshop
ISBN: 9780860681908 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Melanie walks in the midnight garden, wearing her mother's wedding dress. Omens of disaster transport her from rural comfort to London, to the Magic Toyshop, the dancing Finn and the mysterious ruins of the pleasure garden.
Melanie walks in the midnight garden, wearing her mother's wedding dress. Omens of disaster transport her from rural comfort to London, to the Magic T...
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51,82 zł |
Shaking A Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings
ISBN: 9780099583073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Features: a person whose breadth of interest ranges from food to feminism to science fiction, and everything in between; a person with an entirely unpredictable train of thought but whose exuberance, knowledge and insight sweeps you along on.
Features: a person whose breadth of interest ranges from food to feminism to science fiction, and everything in between; a person with an entirely unp...
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105,08 zł |
The Magic Toyshop
ISBN: 9780349010311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore and extend the nature and boundaries of love. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.
In this, her second novel, (awarded the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) Angela Carter's brilliant imagination and starting intensity of style explore ...
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51,82 zł |
Several Perceptions
ISBN: 9781860490941 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Joseph - a 22-year-old self-styled nihilist in search of meaning, found releasing a badger from a zoo, seducing his best friend's mother, dancing at a Dionysic revel and spending his days in a mortuary - is the anti-hero at the heart of this novel.
Joseph - a 22-year-old self-styled nihilist in search of meaning, found releasing a badger from a zoo, seducing his best friend's mother, dancing at a...
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51,82 zł |
Angela Carter's Book Of Wayward Girls And Wicked Women
ISBN: 9780349008462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) * This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners - reissued in a HB edition as a companion to Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
* This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners - reissued in a HB edition as ...
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51,82 zł |
Love
ISBN: 9780140108514 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities."
Annabel and Lee are married; Lee and Buzz are brothers. A quirky threesome, they have set up a household on the fringes on university life in the late sixties. Their hermetic existence is filled with drugs, sex, alchohol, intensity, and madness; their relationships with one another are haunting and complex. Carter's compelling tale carries echoes of Poe and Bronte into the... "One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her for she had no inst...
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96,33 zł |
Wise Children
ISBN: 9780099981107 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This is the comic tale of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances. The novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.
This is the comic tale of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances. The novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identi...
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51,82 zł |
Heroes and Villains
ISBN: 9780141192383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, 'Heroes and Villains' is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy, literary allusion and twisted romance.
Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, 'Heroes and Villains' is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy,...
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51,82 zł |
Piękna córka kata. Opowiadania wybrane
ISBN: 9788381916417 / Polski / twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Proza Angeli Carter jest zmysłowa, fantastyczna, erotyczna, a przy tym polityczna i uczona. Wciąga jak wir. […] Niezwykła wyobraźnia, gęsta materia literacka, labirynt świata, ostre bodźce dla wszystkich zmysłów na raz i szalony, niepowstrzymany rozpęd języka – wszystko razem jest jak lot na rozhuśtanym trapezie, maskarada i przebieranka, wędrówka przez ciemny las i wejście do klatki tygrysa. Dzikość, nieopanowanie, pieniący się, roztęczowany wodospad świata. […]
Pisarstwo Carter, które było niesłychaną eksplozją kreatywnej i intelektualnej energii, to... Proza Angeli Carter jest zmysłowa, fantastyczna, erotyczna, a przy tym polityczna i uczona. Wciąga jak wir. […] Niezwykła wyobraźnia, gęsta m...
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65,70 zł |
Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories
ISBN: 9780099592914 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers. Suitable for Angela Carter aficionados, this title gathers together her work.
As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several antholo...
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57,00 zł |
Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings
ISBN: 9780860682691 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, Angela Carter was also a journalist and critic. 'Nothing Sacred' explores a range of topics as Carter writes about herself, Japan, England and Englishness and literary criticism.
One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, Angela Carter was also a journalist and critic. 'Nothing Sacred' explores a range of topics as ...
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51,82 zł |
The Bloody Chamber, Wise Children, Fireworks: Introduction by Joan Acocella
ISBN: 9781101907993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An omnibus of works by the great British writer that showcases her hauntingly erotic fabulism and the subversive richness of her imagination. In The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter's famous collection of deeply unsettling stories inspired by fairy tales, we see a Beauty who turns into a Beast, Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother stoned as a werewolf, and Bluebeard as a murderous, porn-addicted businessman. In the surreally delightful novel Wise Children, an elderly woman recounts the colorful life she and her identical twin sister led as vaudeville performers. And the...
An omnibus of works by the great British writer that showcases her hauntingly erotic fabulism and the subversive richness of her imagination. <...
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118,22 zł |
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
ISBN: 9780140255287 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction. But it is in her short stories that her extraordinary talents--as a fabulist, feminist, social critic, and weaver of tales--are most penetratingly evident. This volume presents Carter's considerable legacy of short fiction gathered from published books, and includes early and previously unpublished stories. From reflections on jazz and Japan, through vigorous refashionings of classic folklore and fairy tales, to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its...
One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction. But it is in ...
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96,33 zł |
The Magic Toyshop
ISBN: 9781844085231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language' Observer
'Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language' Observer
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67,37 zł |