ARGONAUT BOOKS

Angela Carter has taken old fairy stories, subtly altering and changing them to create strange glittering tales that will haunt the reader. Reviews Fairy tales reimagined for feminist timesGraziaShe was, among other things, a quirky, original, and baroque stylist, a trait especially marked in The Bloody Chamber - her vocabulary a mix of finely tuned phrase, luscious adjective, witty aphorism, and hearty, up-theirs vulgarityObserver - Margaret AtwoodMagnificent set pieces of fastidious sensualityIan McEwanShe can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from...Read More