The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
$18.52
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2011
Summary
One of two strange and compelling Angela Carter novels, new to Penguin Modern Classics
Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman’s mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor’s daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats, Desiderio must battle against unreality and the warping of time and space …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141192390 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141192399 |
| Author: | Angela Carter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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‘One of the most original, radical and stylish fiction writers of the twentieth century’
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About The Author
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was born in 1940 of a Scottish father and Yorkshire mother. She read English at Bristol University, and after escaping an early marriage went to live in Japan for a number of years. She wrote nine novels, which blend fantasy, science fiction and gothic, and is often referred to as a writer of magic realism. She died in 1992.
Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge. She is the author of Free Love, Like, Hotel World, Other Stories and Other Stories, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy and The First Person and Other Stories.
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