Hmmmm The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter Released January 1979, 162 pgs Source: Bought with my own $ Goodreads | Amazon For the 75th anniversary of her birth, a Deluxe Edition of the master of the literary supernatural’s most celebrated book—featuring a new introduction by Kelly Link Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction. In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber—which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan’s 1984 movie The Company of Wolves—she spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Bluebeard,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” giving them exhilarating new life in a style steeped in the romantic trappings of the gothic tradition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic liter...
OMG! How did I not know about Freckles? It's being delivered to my Kindle as we speak (of course I am nowhere near my Kindle right now so I HOPE it's being delivered :) Looks like a great December read! You enabler you!
ReplyDeletelol, you are as bad as I am :) I hope you enjoy it!
DeleteLove Shannon Stacey! Not really sure if I will get to that one though. I am tempted to buy Freckles just for the cover - that dog is so darn cute!
ReplyDeleteShe is a great writer too. If my plate wasn't so full right now I'd already be reading it. I hope you enjoy it if you decide to pick up a copy.
DeleteThere are just too many pretty reads out there needing to be read. lol
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth!
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