Description

"One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities."

Annabel and Lee are married; Lee and Buzz are brothers. A quirky threesome, they have set up a household on the fringes on university life in the late sixties. Their hermetic existence is filled with drugs, sex, alchohol, intensity, and madness; their relationships with one another are haunting and complex.

Carter's compelling tale carries echoes of Poe and Bronte into the very modern world of artists' flats, psychiatrists' offices, and generational conflicts. It is ultimately a tale of the search for loyalty and love in the midst of emotional starvation.

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Promotion info

'A stylish tale about a fatal love triangle in provincial Bohemia' Guardian

Reviews

A great introduction to Carter's work, at once a modern tale but almost like a dark fairytale. Carter depicts the tumultous relationship between a man, his wife and his brother. Magical yet realisitic and brimming with darkness, you will be taken into her world quickly and stay long after you have read the final page.

Elisa, Book Grocer

 

"* 'An excessively stylish tale about a fatal love triangle in provincial Bohemia..The novel and its afterword form a fascinating study, an erstwhile aesthetic object unravelled into realism and commitment' - Lorna Sage, Guardian * 'Carter observes her characters with a cool detachment as if they were specimens on a slide..She catches acutely the dying throes of the love generation, when Swinging London had run to seed' - New Society * 'Angela Carter has language at her fingertips' - New Statesman * 'Whatever her subject, Angela Carter' writes like a dream sometimes a nightmare' - Sunday Telegraph"

Author description

Angela Carter was born in 1940 and read English at Bristol University, before spending two years living in Japan. She lived and worked extensively in the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was published in 1965, followed by the Magic Toyshop in 1967, which went on to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She wrote a further four novels, together with three collections of Short Stories, two works of non-fiction and a volume of collected writings. Angela Carter died in 1992