Wise Children
by Angela Carter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A fine copy of the first edition of Angela Carter's final novel, an astounding work of magical realism set in the 1920s English theatre. The first edition, first impression of Angela Carter's final novel, published the year before her death. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Described as a surreal ride through English theatrical and music hall traditions, the novel follows the fortunes of twin chorus girls, Dora and Nora Chance, and their bizarre theatrical family. The novel plays on Carter's admiration of Shakespeare and her love of fairy tales and the surreal, incorporating elements of magical realism and the carnivalesque. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
Synopsis
Wise Children was the last novel written by Angela Carter. The novel follows the fortunes of twin chorus girls, Dora and Nora Chance, and their bizarre theatrical family. It explores the subversive nature of fatherhood, the denying of which leads Nora and Dora to frivolous "illegitimate" lechery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 828F21
- Title
- Wise Children
- Author
- Angela Carter
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- angela carter bloody chamber magical realism Nights at the Circus bloody chamber
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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