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House of Fear

by Leonora Carrington · 1988

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Leonora Carrington, an artist of the Surrealist Movement, here joins fiction with autobiography in a collection of work including accounts of her life before and after she met Max Ernst as well as short stories, a novella and original artwork.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 216 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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