Wise Children - Hardcover

Carter, Angela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374291330 ISBN 13: 9780374291334

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992

Synopsis

Nora and Dora Chance, the twin illegitimate daughters of a British theater legend, ring in their father's hundredth birthday by remembering the special family moments that forged the bond between them

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Review:

"Dazzling . . . The culmination of Angela Carter's prolific and inventive career." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times" "Wise Children inhabits its own manic universe and would probably translate into a spirited, bawdy musical comedy-farce of the kind which the Chance sisters themselves performed, long ago." --Joyce Carol Oates, "The New York Times Book Review " ""Wise Children" is vintage Carter." --"The Village Voice "

Dazzling . . . The culmination of Angela Carter's prolific and inventive career. "Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"

Wise Children inhabits its own manic universe and would probably translate into a spirited, bawdy musical comedy-farce of the kind which the Chance sisters themselves performed, long ago. "Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review"

"Wise Children" is vintage Carter. "The Village Voice""

"Dazzling . . . The culmination of Angela Carter's prolific and inventive career." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Wise Children inhabits its own manic universe and would probably translate into a spirited, bawdy musical comedy-farce of the kind which the Chance sisters themselves performed, long ago." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

"Wise Children is vintage Carter." --The Village Voice

-Dazzling . . . The culmination of Angela Carter's prolific and inventive career.- --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

-Wise Children inhabits its own manic universe and would probably translate into a spirited, bawdy musical comedy-farce of the kind which the Chance sisters themselves performed, long ago.- --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

-Wise Children is vintage Carter.- --The Village Voice

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About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0374291330
• ISBN 13: 9780374291334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1