The Magic Toyshop

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Magic Toyshop
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Angela Carter
Introduction by Carmen Callil
Introduction by Carmen Callil
SeriesVirago Modern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 133
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Myth and legend told as fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780349010311
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publication Date 3 May 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'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 life-like.

Author Biography

Angela Carter was born in 1940. One of Britain's most original and disturbing writers, she died in 1992.

Reviews

The boldest of English women writers - Lorna Sage Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night sky 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