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Vmc Designer Collection, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Myth & legend told as fiction
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- Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349010311 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Mar 2, 1996 | 9780860681908 | RRP $23.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 1, 2008 | 9781844085231 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 5, 2015 | 9780349008165 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Virago
- Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349010311 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Mar 2, 1996 | 9780860681908 | RRP $23.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 1, 2008 | 9781844085231 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 5, 2015 | 9780349008165 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Virago
- Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349010311 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Mar 2, 1996 | 9780860681908 | RRP $23.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 1, 2008 | 9781844085231 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 5, 2015 | 9780349008165 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Virago
- Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349010311 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Mar 2, 1996 | 9780860681908 | RRP $23.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Dec 1, 2008 | 9781844085231 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 5, 2015 | 9780349008165 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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.
'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
'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
'This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human figures went masked . . . She was in the night once again, and the doll was herself.'
One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave her rural home, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: gentle Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip, who loves only the puppets he creates in his workshop, which are life-sized - and uncannily lifelike.
Praise for The Magic Toyshop
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The boldest of English women writers - Lorna Sage
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Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night sky with her starry language - Observer
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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
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