Heroes and Villains [Mass Market Paperback]

Angela Carter (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140234640
• ISBN-13: 978-0140234640
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Angela Carter (1940-1992) was the author of many novels, collections of short stories, plays, and books for children.

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A book that has not aged well, May 6, 1999

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This review is from: Heroes and Villains (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read several Angela Carter novels--all of them great, but "Heroes and Villains" disappointed. After the glorious reading offered by "The Magic Toyshop" and "Several Perceptions," I had high expectations for "Heroes and Villains" which it sadly did not meet. A decent novel altogether but it lacks Carter's magical prose and she fails to create a convincing post-apocalyptic world. Furthermore, Marianne and Jewel are not very interesting characters. It is an ambitious story clearly influenced by the guru movement of the 1960's, and although its message is still pertinent, the novel itself feels more like an artifact of the flower power generation. Instead, I would recommend "The Magic Toyshop," "Several Perceptions," "Nights at the Circus" and "The Bloody Chamber" for anyone deeply interested in Angela Carter.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, September 30, 1998

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This review is from: Heroes and Villains (Mass Market Paperback)

An astonishing little book describing the throes of a woman caught up in a hopeless post-apocalyptic world. Beautifully written, in a dark, haunting, extistential style.

5.0 out of 5 stars Overwhelming, June 1, 2010

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This review is from: Heroes and Villains (Mass Market Paperback)

Reading this book is like being covered with dead leaves and undergoing a personal process of transformation into the most potently fertile mulch, if this can be done as poetry and with vitality and supernatural grace.