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American Ghosts & Old World Wonders

by Angela Carter · 1993

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A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a fly-blown Southern brothel; and a transfigured Mary Magdalene steps out of the canvases of Donatello and de la Tour.

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Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 146 pages
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