WISE CHILDREN: A Novel
by Carter, Angela
- Used
- Condition
- Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0374530947
- ISBN 13
- 9780374530945
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1991. 1st Thus. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo., 234pp. In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora?unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day?were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at age 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed that Angela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, she created in Wise Children an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate the lore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections between parent and child, the transitory and the immortal, authenticity and falsehood.
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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- Bookseller
- Alta-Glamour Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93603
- Title
- WISE CHILDREN: A Novel
- Author
- Carter, Angela
- Book Condition
- Used - Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374530947
- ISBN 13
- 9780374530945
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
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- 1st Thus
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