She never contented herself with something simple or trite, a philosophy of life that can be shortened and simplified and put in a fortune cookie.'- Sheila Heti 'Carrington's stories are optimistic and nihilistic, beautiful and grotesque, tender and cruel. 'Kathryn Davis's wonderful introduction to this complete collection (published in conjunction with the centennial of Carrington's birth) is a satisfying piece on its own, delightedly preparing the reader for a writer bestowed with a satisfying mix of the most wicked yet tender of visions.'- Entropy 'The writing is as neat, dry and witty as the content is wild, woolly and portentous.'- TLS 'Her delirious fantasy reveals to us a little of the secret magic of her paintings.'- Luis Buñuel 'Leonora Carrington has unswervingly followed the intensity of her own particular vision and way of being.Her work bristles with a fierce, unconventional brand of feminism anger gives it its final edge of irony and power.'- Angela Carter A stunning achievement.'- Jeff VanderMeer 'This definitive collection of Carrington's short fiction is a treasure and a gift to the world. Whenever Carrington's heroines are forced to pledge allegiance, they always choose the company of beasts.'-Joy Press, Los Angeles Times, 'Leonora Carrington, the surrealist storytelling genius you've never heard of' In The Complete Stories we meet a mad queen who uses squirming live sponges to wash herself a corpse that casts a circle of light in the forest and a horse-woman who lives among plants and animals because humans won't accept her hybrid state. 'In both her prose and her visual art, Carrington dissolves the borders between human and inhuman, fantasy and reality, death and life.

With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), THE COMPLETE STORIES captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist's life. Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, THE COMPLETE STORIES OF LEONORA CARRINGTON collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print.

Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 7 inches.Publisher: Dorothy, a publishing project Translation edition (April 28, 2017).This title is our October 2019 pick for the FEMINIST SCI-FI BOOKCLUB! Find out more here.

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