The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington Paperback Book

Description: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, Ali Smith One of the first things ninety-two-year-old Marian Leatherby overhears when she is given an ornate hearing trumpet is her family plotting to commit her to an institution. Soon, she finds herself trapped in a sinister retirement home, where the elderly must inhabit buildings shaped like igloos and birthday cakes. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reading The Hearing Trumpet liberates us from the miserable reality of our days Luis BunuelThe Hearing Trumpet is the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that what her family is saying is that she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, The Hearing Trumpet is a classic of fantastic literature that has been translated and celebrated throughout the world. Notes A classic of fantastic, fantasy, literature that has been translated and celebrated throughout the world. Author Biography Leonora Carrington is a British born Surrealist painter and writer now living in Mexico city who has been described, alongside people such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro, as one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement. Born in Lancashire in 1917 to a strict Catholic family she first came into contact with surrealism through her lover, Surrealist painter Max Ernst, before moving to Mexico in 1942. The Hearing Trumpet, her most famous piece of writing, was first published in France in 1974.Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and she lives in Cambridge. She is the author of Free Love and Other Stories, Like,Other Stories and Other Stories, Hotel World, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental,Girl Meets Boy, The First Person and Other Stories, There but for the, Artful, How to be both, and Public library and other stories. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and The Accidental was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Orange Prize. How to be both won the Baileys Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Folio Prize. Review This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig -- Björk Review Text This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig Review Quote This book is so inspiring...I love its freedom, its humour and how it invents its own laws. What specifically do I take from her? Her wig Details ISBN0141187999 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2005 ISBN-10 0141187999 ISBN-13 9780141187990 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Author Ali Smith Media Book Birth 1917 Short Title HEARING TRUMPET Affiliation Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Death 2011 Pages 176 Series Penguin Modern Classics Publication Date 2005-09-29 UK Release Date 2005-09-29 Audience General NZ Release Date 2005-10-27 AU Release Date 2005-10-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2944756;

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