by Angela Carter · Little, Brown · tapa dura · ISBN 9781844081738
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«Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales» is Angela Carter's anthology of fairy tales, published by Little, Brown in hardback (486 pages, in English).
A collection of folk tales from the Arctic to Asia, with stories that are lyrical, raw and hilarious. There are no silly princesses or saccharine fairies here: maidens, crones, sorceresses, midwives and ingenious women rely on cunning and, at times, dark arts. A tribute to female intelligence and daring.
Edition bringing together «The Virago Book of Fairy Tales» (1990) and «The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales» (1992). Illustrated with engravings by Corinna Sargood, with an afterword by Marina Warner.
For readers of folklore and retellings seeking unsweetened tales with shrewd female protagonists, and admirers of Angela Carter.
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.
