Sexuality is power. So says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer. His virtuous Justine, who keeps to the rules, is rewarded with rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. With brilliance and wit, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of de Sade's extreme imagination and transforms them into symbols of our time: The Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes.

As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four wonderful collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers, and a couple of the volumes are now out of print. In "Burning your Boats," they are gathered for the first time; this is a key collection and a major event for Angela Carter aficionados.

A reissue of a collection of short stories first published ten years ago. They include "The Company of Wolves", on which the prize-winning film of the same name was based. Angela Carter is the author of "Nights at the Circus" and "The Magic Toyshop". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much- missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts.

"一座充满背叛，疏远，离失的迷宫。 “一段极度风格化的故事，有关发生于波希米亚外省的一场致命三角恋……小说和它的后记构成了一项迷人的研究，一个过去审美的客体，拆解成现实主义与承诺。” ——洛娜·塞奇（Lorna Sage），《卫报》 “卡特带着一种冷酷的超然，研究自己的主人公，仿佛他们是一页玻璃片上的标本……她敏锐地捕捉到“摇摆伦敦”风潮衰败之后，他们这爱的一代临死前的痛苦挣扎。” ——肖恩·弗伦奇（Sean French），《新社会》 “安吉拉·卡特的语言在指尖。” ——《新政治家》 “不论主题是什么，安吉拉·卡特像梦一样般写作——有时是噩梦。” ——《周日电讯》

在恐惧满布的纽约夜里，魅惑使者蕾拉以性欲和混乱之舞，诱导年轻英国男子艾弗林踏进枯砾的沙漠，进入地底下的女人国度。拥有四个乳房的黑色女神，以黑曜石手术刀献祭出艾弗林的男性象征，　　 死亡的男身中于是诞生性感完美的新夏娃。　 　安吉拉·卡特在《新夏娃的激情》里再次大胆把玩社会既有性别印象，以美国内战为时代背景，构筑出反乌托邦的科幻情节：烦闷地射杀老鼠的鍊金术师、在街头 流窜的黑帮、任意羞辱殴打男性的恶女团、纯真却拥有强大火力的少年杀人军队，还有潜藏在沙漠底下的粉红色高科技女人国……卡特透过既男且女的新夏娃之眼， 譬喻她所观察到的美国社会及媒体之丑恶真貌，充斥强暴和暴力情节，不抱期待、无意义的杀人与被杀。这可能是卡特最残酷绝望的一部小说，却也是卡特在写作生 涯中投注最多白热能量的顶点之作。　　逾越又回归，疼痛且高潮，《新夏娃的激情》是充塞感官和气味，色彩鲜明的尖锐小说，鲁西迪称之为「跨性别华彩花腔」，以高浓度的象征符码，放大现实和人性中的腐败及哀愁。 这是一本充满食物、味道和颜色的感官小说，为读者带来迷幻药般的效果。 ——瑟琳娜·卓布里基（英国自由作家） 烟火般灿烂的著作。 ——《观察家日报》 试想波德莱尔、布莱克和卡夫卡凑在一起，描写美国，你就能走进卡特笔下令人惊异的想象世界。 ——《泰晤士报》 《新夏娃的激情》是一本残酷又丑陋的书，浮夸又卖弄学问，既愤怒又亵渎。 ——杰夫·范德米尔（美国名作家）