by Angela Carter · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141195889
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«Bluebeard» is Angela Carter's collection of short stories, published by Penguin Books in paperback (80 pages, in English).
Seven stories in which Angela Carter reinterprets Charles Perrault's tales with earthy humour and gothic imagination. Ingenious women, ruthless villains, cunning animals and astonishing transformations populate stories such as «Barbazul», «Caperucita Roja» and «Cenicienta».
Published on 24 February 2011, it is part of Penguin Books' Modern Classics series.
For readers interested in reinterpretations of classic tales with irony and a gothic atmosphere, as well as in the work 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.
