![]() ![]() ![]() The collection tackles such widely varied subjects as the childhood of the author Edgar Allan Poe, the life of axe murderer Lizzie Borden and the problematic situation of the changeling child from A Midsummer Night's Dream. So I was pleased to find a similar adult fairy tale approach applied elsewhere in this book. I had read The Bloody Chamber years ago and enjoyed Carter's unique take on traditional tales such as Red Riding Hood and Blue Beard, while her joyous retelling of Puss in Boots contains my favourite version of this hoodlum character. ![]() Carter's ability to take the everyday and transform it into the fantastic is evident in stories that range from a cautionary tale of a musician in love with his instrument to a lost motorist whose journey ends in nightmarish circumstances in the Snow Pavilion. The tales are prefaced with a revealing introduction by Salman Rushdie, who was a friend of the author.īurning your Boats brings together Carter's early works and her uncollected short stories, alongside the collections Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus and American Ghosts. Summary: Angela Carter's exotic short stories, previously published in four separate volumes, are presented here as a single collection. ![]()
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