{"product_id":"burning-your-boats-isbn-9780140255287","title":"Burning Your Boats","description":"One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction.  But it is in her short stories that her extraordinary talents—as a fabulist, feminist, social critic, and weaver of tales—are most penetratingly evident.  This volume presents Carter's considerable legacy of short fiction gathered from published books, and includes early and previously unpublished stories.  From reflections 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 Carter's marvelous, magical vision.Burning Your BoatsIntroduction by Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Work, 1962-6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Loved a Double Bass\u003cbr\u003eA Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home\u003cbr\u003eA Victorian Fable (with Glossary)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFireworks: Nine Profane Pieces, 1974\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Souvenir of Japan\u003cbr\u003eThe Executioner's Beautiful Daughter\u003cbr\u003eThe Loves of Lady Purple\u003cbr\u003eThe Smile of Winter\u003cbr\u003ePenetrating to the Heart of the Forest\u003cbr\u003eFlesh and the Mirror\u003cbr\u003eMaster\u003cbr\u003eReflections\u003cbr\u003eElegy for a Freelance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, 1979\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bloody Chamber\u003cbr\u003eThe Courtship of Mr Lyon\u003cbr\u003eThe Tiger's Bride\u003cbr\u003ePuss-in-Boots\u003cbr\u003eThe Erl-King\u003cbr\u003eThe Snow Child\u003cbr\u003eThe Lady of the House of Love\u003cbr\u003eThe Werewolf\u003cbr\u003eThe Company of Wolves\u003cbr\u003eWolf-Alice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Venus, 1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Venus\u003cbr\u003eThe Kiss\u003cbr\u003eOur Lady of the Massacre\u003cbr\u003eThe Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eOverture and Incidental Music for \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter and the Wolf\u003cbr\u003eThe Kitchen Child\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall River Axe Murders\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Ghosts and Old World Wonders, 1993\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLizzie's Tiger\u003cbr\u003eJohn Ford's \u003ci\u003e'Tis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGun for the Devil\u003cbr\u003eThe Merchant of Shadows\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Ships\u003cbr\u003eIn Pantoland\u003cbr\u003eAshputtle \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e The Mother\"s Ghost\u003cbr\u003eAlice in Prague \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e The Curious Room\u003cbr\u003eImpressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncollected Stories, 1970-81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Scarlet House\u003cbr\u003eThe Snow Pavilion\u003cbr\u003eThe Quilt Maker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Afterword to \u003ci\u003eFireworks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carter's world is strange, dangerous, and beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Alison Lurie, \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A treasure chest of literary and aesthetic experience … mysterious, glamorous, beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Carolyn See, \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carter's ability to probe the secret places in the human psyche, where mysterious erotic longings and unacknowledged links with the unearthly lie buried, verges on the supernatural.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her imagination was one of the most dazzling of this century.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Marina Warner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An amazing plum pudding … you should not miss this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Margaret Atwood, \u003cb\u003eToronto Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (1940 -1992) wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as nonfiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for \u003cb\u003eNeil Jordan's\u003c\/b\u003e 1984 movie \u003cb\u003eThe Company of Wolves\u003c\/b\u003e, based on her story. She won numerous literary awards, traveled and taught widely in the United States, and lived in London.\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Bombay in 1947, \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003cb\u003eGrimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Ground Beneath Her Feet\u003c\/b\u003e, and a volume of essays, \u003cb\u003eImaginary Homelands\u003c\/b\u003e. His numerous literary prizes include the Booker Prize for \u003cb\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/b\u003e and the Whitbread Prize for \u003cb\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302117200101,"sku":"NP9780140255287","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140255287.jpg?v=1767723210","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/burning-your-boats-isbn-9780140255287","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}