Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; cr...

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much- missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts.

安吉拉·卡特（Angela Carter, 1940-1992），出生于英国伊斯特本（Eastbourne），是英国最具独创性的作家之一，书写风格混合魔幻写实、歌德式以及女性主义。卡特著有八部小说：《魔幻玩具铺》（The Magic Toyshop ,获约翰·勒维林·里 斯奖）、《数种知觉》（获毛姆奖）、《英雄与恶徒》、《爱》、《霍夫曼博士的地狱欲望机器》、《新夏娃的激情》、《马戏团之夜》以及《明智的孩子》。三本短篇小说集：《染血之室》、《烟火：个个世俗故事》，以及《圣人与陌生人》等等。卡特的作品也深受媒体喜爱：短篇小说《与狼为伴》和《魔幻玩具铺》曾拍成电影，《马戏团之夜》和《明智的孩子》改编成舞台剧于伦敦上演，2006年更被誉为是安吉拉·卡特之年，在英伦掀起一阵卡特热潮。