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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (aka Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises or Fireworks) is an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Quartet Books Ltd. and contains a collection stories, several of which are based on Carter's own experiences of living in Japan from 1969 to 1971.
- Angela Carter
- 1974
Jan 1, 1974 · Nine profane pieces full of linguistic pyrotechnics; lewd, lascivious, and absolutely-fucking-lovely. What more needs to be said? But Angie deserves more than that.
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Mar 17, 2023 · English. v, 133 p. ; 20 cm. A souvenir of Japan -- The executioner's beautiful daughter -- The loves of lady purple -- The smile of winter -- Penetrating to the heart of the forest -- Flesh and the mirror -- Master -- Reflections -- Elegy for a free-lance. Access-restricted-item.
A powerful and disturbing writer, Angela Carter created haunting fiction about travelers surviving their passage through a disintegrating universe. Often based on myth or fairy tale-borrowed or...
Jan 1, 1987 · Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin) Paperback – January 1, 1987. Tells the stories of an expatriate Englishman, a Japanese mistress, a murderous puppet, an executioner's daughter, and an obsessive hunter. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces is an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Quartet Books Ltd. and contains a collection stories, several of which are based on Carter's own experiences of living in Japan from 1969 to 1971.
Jan 1, 1976 · In the short fiction of Angela Carter, the landmarks of reality disappear and give way to a landscape of riotous and uncensored sensibility. The city of Tokyo turns into a mirrored chamber reflecting the impossible longings of an exiled Englishwoman abandoned by her Japanese lover.
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- Angela Carter, Bob Foulke
