Isbn: 9780140276954 - shaking a leg: collected journalism and writings (27 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Penguin Books, 1998. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with light toning to page ends. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Welcome to Shaking a Leg (1997) by Angela Carter (Penguin Books), ISBN 9780140276954 ? a collection of journalism and essays that turns up looking like a perfectly normal paperback and then immediately starts doing what Angela Carter always does: making you feel smarter, slightly scandalised, and oddly delighted that someone is finally saying the sharp bit out loud. This is Carter outside the fairy-tale machinery of her fiction, but still very much Carter : witty, ferocious, playful, politically alert, and allergic to lazy thinking. Shaking a Leg gathers her pieces on culture, politics, books, film, feminism, and the everyday strangeness of modern life ? written with that distinctive voice that can be elegant and punchy at the same time. She has a gift for taking something that seems ?normal? and showing you the wires, the theatre, the assumptions, the power games. Then she laughs. Then she cuts. The title is perfect. ?Shaking a leg? is what you tell someone when you want them to move, get on with it, stop dithering. Carter?s essays do the same to the reader. They hustle you along, nudge you awake, and refuse to let you sit comfortably inside received wisdom. There?s an irony in reading a 1997 collection that still feels briskly contemporary: you?ll recognise the debates, the absurdities, the cultural posturing ? just with different hairstyles and fewer smartphones. Carter doesn?t date easily because she?s writing about the underlying machinery: who gets to speak, who gets mythologised, who gets dismissed, and what stories society tells itself to keep the furniture arranged. And she?s fun. This isn?t ?earnest essay writing? that tastes like medicine. Carter can be mischievous, gleefully exact, and wonderfully impatient with pomposity. She?ll give you cultural criticism with a novelist?s eye ? sharp detail, vivid character sketches, and an instinct for the revealing quote. Even when she?s serious (often), there?s a sparkle of intelligence that makes the seriousness feel energising rather than heavy. Condition: Good , meaning it?s been read and handled ? which makes sense. This is a book people pick up, dip into, underline, lend, argue with. It might show a bit of wear, but it?s still fully ready to do its job: keep you entertained while it quietly rearranges your worldview. Perfect for: Angela Carter fans who want more of her mind on the page, readers who like cultural criticism with teeth and humour, anyone interested in feminism, media, and myth-making, and people who enjoy essays that don?t just analyse the world ? they prod it. Sold by Crappy Old Books , naturally ? because where else would a Penguin paperback of Carter?s sharpest non-fiction end up, if not waiting patiently to give the next reader a brisk intellectual shove and a grin that says: Come on. Keep up. …

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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 656 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Angela Carter (1940 -1992) wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as nonfiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for Neil Jordan s 1984 movie The Company of Wolves, based on her story. She won numerous literary awards, tr.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. An electrifying intellectual autobiography, with all the narrative expanse, drama, outrage, and high comedy of the author's fiction. Angela Carter is revealed here, anew, as one of the most important thinkers of twentieth-century world literature--and one of its most pungent voices."--Rick Moody One of contemporary literature's most original and affecting fiction writers, Angela Carter also wrote brilliant nonfiction. Shaking a Leg comprises the best of her essays and criticism, much of it collected for the first time. Carter's acute observations are spiked with her piercing matter-of-factness, her devastating wit, her penchant for mockery, and her passion for the absurd. Whether discussing films or food, feminism or fantasy, science fiction or sex, Carter consistently explores new territories and overturns old ideas. No cultural icon escapes her scrutiny; as in her fiction, Carter offers glorious evidence of the transforming power of the imagination. From delightfully wicked commentaries on Gone with the Wind , a Japanese fertility festival, and fellow writers, including Lawrence, Lovecraft, Borges, and Burroughs, to enchanting personal essays, Carter shares her thoughts and herself with glee. "What a wonderful collection--sharp, funny, too decent for sarcasm but great wit and humanity, an unusual combination. But it makes us miss her, miss laughing with her, that real, intelligent, tough writing woman."--Grace Paley This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'An electrifying intellectual autobiography, with all the narrative expanse, drama, outrage, and high comedy of the author's fiction. Angela Carter is revealed here, anew, as one of the most important thinkers of twentieth-century world literatureand one of its most pungent voices."Rick Moody One of contemporary literature's most original and affecting fiction writers, Angela Carter also wrote brilliant nonfiction. Shaking a Leg comprises the best of her essays and criticism, much of it collected for the first time. Carter's acute observations are spiked with her piercing matter-of-factness, her devastating wit, her penchant for mockery, and her passion for the absurd. Whether discussing films or food, feminism or fantasy, science fiction or sex, Carter consistently explores new territories and overturns old ideas. No cultural icon escapes her scrutiny; as in her fiction, Carter offers glorious evidence of the transforming power of the imagination. From delightfully wicked commentaries on Gone with the Wind, a Japanese fertility festival, and fellow writers, including Lawrence, Lovecraft, Borges, and Burroughs, to enchanting personal essays, Carter shares her thoughts and herself with glee. "What a wonderful collectionsharp, funny, too decent for sarcasm but great wit and humanity, an unusual combination. But it makes us miss her, miss laughing with her, that real, intelligent, tough writing woman."Grace Paley.…