There are people who have no time for books. Nina had met those people; usually they came into the bookstore to ask for directions and would then look about confusedly when they realized they were surrounded by these strange paper oblongs. Maybe they had rich fantasy lives, or maybe they were raised by starfish who had no access to dry printed material, who knows, but Nina judged them and felt guilty for doing so.
Tag: Beauty and the Beast
The Tiger’s Bride, Angela Carter
Continuing through The Bloody Chamber, we come upon The Tiger's Bride, a second re-imagining of the Beauty and The Beast fairytale. Here, we are even further away from the traditional or Disneyfied incarnations of the story and it strikes the reader as a much darker tale than The Courtship of Mr Lyon with which it… Continue reading The Tiger’s Bride, Angela Carter
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The Courtship of Mr Lyon, Angela Carter
Beauty and the Beast has to be one of my favourite fairy tales! Ever! It's a deliciously evocative tale exploring the male and the female and, even in the Disney film version, Beauty is a strikingly self-assured and confidant woman. Carter's version is very pared down: there is very little detail of anything except for… Continue reading The Courtship of Mr Lyon, Angela Carter
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The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
Angela Carter is just bloody brilliant! I mean bloody brilliant! Being just a man, lacking in x-chromosomes, I'm sure I'm missing much of her political feminist subtlety but as a writer she blows me away! The balance she holds between the real, the fantastical and the macabre is fantastic. Take this first eponymous tale in… Continue reading The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
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