The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
Winner of 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.-
Girl, Interrupted
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Excellent Women
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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The Dud Avocado
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I Capture the Castle
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Tipping The Velvet
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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A Pin to See the Peepshow
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Jamaica Inn
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Miss Mole
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Frenchman's Creek
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The Enchanted April
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Don't Look Now And Other Stories
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Weather in the Streets
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The Tortoise And The Hare
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A Far Cry From Kensington
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Valley Of The Dolls
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The Talented Mr Ripley
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Two Serious Ladies
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Cassandra
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Seducers in Ecuador & The Heir
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Now in November
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The Willow Cabin
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Try Anything Twice
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Fireworks
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Company Parade
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A Wreath for the Enemy
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Good Behaviour
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The Wind Changes
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Her Son's Wife
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"A Dedicated Man and Other Stories
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The Birds And Other Stories
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Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
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The Curate's Wife
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The Squire's Daughter
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The Golden Arrow
The boldest of English women writers
Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night sky with her starry language * Observer *
She can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of the original tales * The Times *
Beneath its contemporary surface, this novel shimmers with blurred echoes-from Lewis Carroll, from 'Giselle' and 'Coppelia,' Harlequin and Punch. . It leaves behind it a flavor, pungent and unsettling * New York Times *
The boldest of English women writers * Lorna Sage *
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 sky with her starry language * Observer *
She can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of the original tales * The Times *
Beneath its contemporary surface, this novel shimmers with blurred echoes-from Lewis Carroll, from 'Giselle' and 'Coppelia,' Harlequin and Punch. . It leaves behind it a flavor, pungent and unsettling * New York Times *
The boldest of English women writers * Lorna Sage *
Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language * Observer *
Angela Carter (1940-1992) is one of Britain's most original and disturbing writers. THE MAGIC TOYSHOP won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1969 and SEVERAL PERCEPTIONS won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1968.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844085231 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844085236 |
| Title | The Magic Toyshop |
| Author | Angela Carter |
| Series | Vmc |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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