The complete stories of Leonora Carrington

Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011, author.

Book 2017

Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories Of Leonora Carrington collects for the first tim...

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Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011

Short stories, American

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ISBN:

9780997366648
0997366648

Edition:

First edition

Description:

vii, 215 pages ; 18 cm

Contents:

The house of fear. The debutante ; The oval lady ; The royal summons ; A man in love ; Uncle Sam Carrington ; The house of fear
The seventh horse. As they road along the edge ; Pigeon, Fly! ; The three hunters ; Monsieur Cyril de Guindre ; The sisters ; Cast down by sadness ; White rabbits ; Waiting ; The seventh horse ; The neutral man ; A mexican fairy tale ; Et in cellicus lunarusm medicalis ; My flannel knickers ; The happy corpse story ; How to start a pharmaceuticals business ; My mother is a cow
Previously unpublished. The sand camel ; Mr. Gregory's fly ; Jemima and the wolf

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bl2017045616

Control Number:

3322257

Other Authors:

Kerrigan, Anthony
Talbot, Kathrine

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