Displaying 1 of 1 1997 Format: Book Author: Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Title: Burning your boats : the collected short stories / Angela Carter ; with an introduction by Salman Rushdie. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin, 1997, c1995. Description: xiv, 462 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Manners and customs -- Fiction. Short stories. Notes: Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus Limited, 1995. Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-462). Contents: Man who loved a double bass -- Very, very great lady and her son at home -- Victorian fable (with glossary) -- Souvenir of Japan -- Executioner's beautiful daughter -- Loves of lady purple -- Smile of winter -- Penetrating to the heart of the forest -- Flesh and the mirror -- Master -- Reflections -- Elegy for a freelance -- Bloody chamber -- Courtship of Mr Lyon -- Tiger's bride -- Puss-in-boots -- Erl-King -- Snow child -- Lady of the house of love -- Werewolf -- Company of Wolves -- Wolf-Alice -- Black venus -- Kiss -- Our Lady of the massacre -- Cabinet of Edgar Allen Poe -- Overture and incedental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Peter and the wolf -- Kitchen child -- Fall River axe murders -- Lizzie's tiger -- John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore -- Gun for the devil -- Merchant of shadows -- Ghost ships -- In Pantoland -- Ashputtle or The Mother's ghost -- Alice in Prague or The curious room -- Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene -- Scarlet house -- Snow Pavilion -- Quilt maker. ISBN: 9780140255287 0140255281 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 79892 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: FICTION Carter Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
