Angela Carter’s Fairy Tales with a difference
March 29, 2010 11:31 am Book Reviews, Cooking booksWhen I got this book, I wasn’t expected Cinderella, and snow white, and fairies, puppies, children, sweetness and light. Let’s face it, Angela Carter’s name is on the front cover. It’s going to be bizarre.
And she doesn’t disappoint at all. In a wonderful collection of tales from around the globe, from Innuits, Chinese, Mordvin, African American, English Gypsy… the list goes on. They are collated from everywhere. And they are as bizarre as you might hope.
Not for the faint hearted, Carter’s collection is full of old dirty tricks, black arts, abusive fathers, evil stepmothers and old crones. There are stories that are hilarious in their oddity, some that are horrifying, some with strong morals and others that seem to serve no purpose at all.
It is a great book to read from beginning to end or two did in and out of, as there are stories and tales of all lengths: from a paragraph to ten pages.
With titles like ‘ A Pottle O’ Brains’, ‘Aunt Kate’s Goomer-Dust’ and ‘Diirawic and her incestuous brother’ you know there’ll be enough to keep you entertained and enthralled.
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