false 49011 15 From familiar fairy tales and legends-- Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss-in-Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires, werewolves-- Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. 47950 1979 The Bloody Chamber total:1771|5:705|4:666|3:302|2:83|1:15| 1771 7276 2817 229 4 6 false false Mon Sep 03 21:37:30 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 21:39:38 -0700 2007
If you're going to read Angela Carter before bed, then don't even bother going to bed at all. For one thing, you won't be able to put the book down. And even if you do, you won't be able to sleep.

This is a beautiful but (as t...more...]]> 4 6 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 23 06:47:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 01 14:21:00 -0700 2009 "The Marquis stood transfixed, utterly dazed, at a loss. It must have been as if he had been watching his beloved Tristan for the twelfth, thirteenth time and Tristan stirred, then leapt from his bier in the last act, announce in a januty aria interposed from Verdi that bygones were bygones, cr...more...]]> 4 5 false false Wed Jul 23 06:08:24 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:25:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 23 06:08:24 -0700 2008 The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter's amazing collection of re-imagined fairy tales. Carter has a way with words that pulls you right into her stories, seducing you, intoxicating you. And the stories themselves are pretty impressive, too. Car...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 19 20:07:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 11 07:40:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 16:17:46 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:08:10 -0800 2008 1 Angela Carter staggers me. I wish I could write fairy tales like this. I wish I could write like this. She makes me feel inept for being able to only express thoughts on paper (or on a server) with some competence and not be able to make them dance, sing, weave mists of smoke around a shrinking fig...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Dec 02 14:15:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:15:32 -0800 2008 Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
I came across this exploring for the Grimm's Fairy Tale read for my book club. These stories are all influenced from fairy tales, all beautifully crafted, stuff that can sweep you away -- gothic and haunting. The stories often take surprising and inspired turns. H...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 07:54:59 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 08:19:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 21:59:13 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 13:34:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Oct 06 13:01:42 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 13:02:25 -0700 2007
In Fireworks, we have, at turns, the barbaric village, the haunted mannequin, the lost seashore, the crepuscular forest, the invisible city, the ravaged wilderness, the stolen ocean, and the bustling cemetery. I'm tempted to say, again, that her work considers ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:15:38 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 17:17:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 12 15:02:03 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 14:40:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:09:24 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:16:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:06:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:14:21 -0700 2009 The Tiger's Bride in The Meanings of Beauty and the Beast: A Handbook and loved the twist at the end, so I decided to read more of Angela Carter. Her writing gets tiring very quickly, though. I don't mind lyrical prose in moderation, but using fifty words when o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 22 09:17:31 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 10:17:04 -0700 2009
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