The Bloody Chamber
- Schrijfster: Angela Carter (Engeland)
- Soort boek: horrorverhalen
- Taal: Engels
- Eerste uitgave: 1979
- Heruitgave: Vintage Classics
- Omvang: 240 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
Recensie en waardering van het boek
- “She was, among other things, a quirky, original, and baroque stylist, a trait especially marked in The Bloody Chamber–her vocabulary a mix of finely tuned phrase, luscious adjective, witty aphorism, and hearty, up-theirs vulgarity.” (Margaret Atwood, The Observer)
- “Angela Carter was a great writer…She was that rare thing, a real one-off, nothing like her on the planet…Her books unshackle us, toppling the statues of the pompous, demolishing the temples and commissariats of righteousness…They are without equal, and without rival…With Angela Carter’s death English literature has lost its high sorceress, its benevolent witch-queen, a burlesque artist of genius and antic grace.” (Salman Rusdie, The New York Times)
—Salman Rushdie - “Her work caused shock waves when it appeared, and it continues to shock,’ (Helen Simpson, The Guardian)
Flaptekst van de verhalenbundel van Angela Carter
One of the most famous feminist short-story collections ever, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a set of twisted fairy tales.
The stories within are not retellings, but new stories created by Carter and first published in 1979; The Bloody Chamber was her second short-story collection.
From familiar fairy tales and legends – Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves – Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.