From reflections on jazz and Japan through vigorous refashionings of classic fairy tales to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, Burning Your Boats charts the evolution of Angela Carter\'s marvelous magic vision in a volume that assembles her considerable legacy of Short fiction, including early and previously unpublished stories.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 tawdry glory, we are able to chart the evolution of Carter\'s marvelous, magical vision..
This volume presents Carter\'s considerable legacy of Short fiction gathered from published books, and includes early and previously unpublished stories.
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.
One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction.
From reflections on jazz and Japan through vigorous refashionings of classic fairy tales to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, Burning Your Boats charts the evolution of Angela Carter\'s marvelous magic vision in a volume that assembles her considerable legacy of Short fiction, including early and previously unpublished stories
