Burning Your Boats
The Collected Short Stories
by Angela Carter
with an Introdu by Salman Rushdie
Back Cover:
One of our most imaginative and aplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, criticism, and fi. But it is in her short stories that her extraordinary talents -- as a fabulist, feminist, social critid weaver of tales -- are most peingly evident. This volume presents Carters siderable legacy of short fi, gathered from published books, and includes early and previously unpublished stories. From refles on jazz and Japan, through vigorous refashionings of classic folklore and fairy tales, to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, we are able to chart the evolution of Carters marvelous, magical vision.
"A treasure chest of literary ahetic experience. . . mysterious, glamorous, beautiful." -- Carolyhe Washington Post
"Carters ability to probe the secret places in the human psyche, where mysterious erotigings and unaowledged links with the uhly lie buried, verges on the supernatural." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Her imagination was one of the most dazzling of this tury." -- Marina Warner
"An amazing plum pudding. . . you should not miss this book." -- Margaret Atwood, Toronto Globe & Mail