The Passion of New Eve (Virago Modern Classics)
by Angela Carter | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0860683419 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0860683419 Global Overview for this book
Registered by thy of Nurmijärvi, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 3/19/2008
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2 journalers for this copy...
'I know nothing. I am a tabula erasa, a blank sheet of paper, an unhatched egg. I have not yet become a woman, although I possess a woman's shape. Not a woman, no: both more and less than a real woman. Now I am a being as mythic and monstrous as Mother herself...
New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn. But this young Englishman's fate lies in the arid desert, where a many-breasted fertility goddess will wield her scalpel to transform him into the new Eve. New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn. But this young Englishman's fate lies in the arid desert, where a many-breasted fertility goddess will wield her scalpel to transform him into the new Eve. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'.
What a strange book. When I was reading it, I really did not want to know what would happen next. I can't say I liked the story. But then sometimes the way things were described was great.
New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn. But this young Englishman's fate lies in the arid desert, where a many-breasted fertility goddess will wield her scalpel to transform him into the new Eve. New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn. But this young Englishman's fate lies in the arid desert, where a many-breasted fertility goddess will wield her scalpel to transform him into the new Eve. THE PASSION OF NEW EVE is an extraordinary journey into the apocalyptic vision of the author Lorna Sage called 'The boldest of English writers'.
What a strange book. When I was reading it, I really did not want to know what would happen next. I can't say I liked the story. But then sometimes the way things were described was great.
reserved for CandyDarling
Journal Entry 3 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I got the book today at the Helsinki BC-meeting. Thank you Thy, I'm looking forward to reading this! Oofiri expressed interest in the book too, so it will go to her next.
Journal Entry 4 by CandyDarling at Chelsea Market in New York City, New York USA on Friday, July 18, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (7/18/2014 UTC) at Chelsea Market in New York City, New York USA
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