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The Magic Toyshop

By Angela Carter

The Magic Toyshop

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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 lifelike.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2018-05-03
Publication Date:
2018-05-03
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
034901031506910722210440226457
ISBN13:
9780349010311
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
205 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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