Down Below (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

Down Below (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

A stunning work of memoir and an unforgettable depiction of the brilliance and madness by one of Surrealism's most compelling figures In 1937 Leonora Carrington--later to become one of the twentieth century's great painters of the weird, the alarming, and the wild--was a nineteen-year-old art

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

'Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington's published and unpublished short stories--many newly translated from their original French and Spanish--is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreamlike worlds.' --Carmen Maria Machado, NPR Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde (Eburne Jonathan P.)(Paperback)

The first comprehensive examination of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), a major twentieth-century writer and multi-media artist. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary, and artistic currents that animate her relationships with avant-garde movements throughout the

The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington (Carrington Gabriel Weisz)(Pevná vazba)

In this memoir, Gabriel Weisz Carrington, son of the renowned Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, draws on remembered conversations and events to demythologise his mother and declare her not an icon or a goddess but, first and foremost, an

Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington (Moorhead Joanna)(Paperback / softback)

A personal biography of Leonora Carrington, the debutante who ran away to Mexico and became one of the world's most significant surrealist

Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (Aberth Susan)(Paperback)

A survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917). It provides an overview of this intriguing artist's rich body of work and considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the

The Hearing Trumpet (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback)

An old woman enters into a fantastical world of dreams and nightmares in this surrealist classic admired by Bj rk and Luis Bu uel. Leonora Carrington, painter, playwright, and novelist, was a surrealist trickster par excellence, and The Hearing Trumpet is the witty, celebratory key to her anarchic

The Houseguest: And Other Stories (Dvila Amparo)(Paperback)

Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila's stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted--you'll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and

Hearing Trumpet (Carrington Leonora)(Paperback / softback)

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

Rogomelec (Fini Leonor)(Paperback)

The first translation of Leonor Fini's voluptuous and antipatriarchal gothic novelOriginally published in French in 1979, Rogomelec was the third of Leonor Fini's novels. All the qualities of the paintings for which she is famed can be found in it: an undermining of patriarchy, the ambiguities of

Eleven Sooty Dreams (Draeger Manuela)(Paperback)

Eleven Sooty Dreams could also have been called Meeting at Bolcho Pride, or Fire Deep Down Below, or Station in the Heart of the Flames, or Granny Holgolde's Stories, or The Liars' Bridge, or Eve of Battle After the Defeat, or Never Without My Embers, or Good-Bye to Death, or Fire Stories, or

Carrington: A Life (Gerzina Gretchen Holbrook)(Paperback)

Here is an absorbing biography of the English artist Dora Carrington, who called herself simply 'Carrington'. She was a woman who made a vivid impression on those she met--she was portrayed (or caricatured), for example, in novels by Wyndham Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, and Aldous Huxley. Hopelessly in

One Little Lie (Carrington Sam)(Paperback / softback)

'Sam Carrington has done it again. One Little Lie is a twisty, gripping read. I loved it.' Cass Green 'Expertly written ... with plentiful twists and unforgettable characters, it's an insightful and unnerving read.' Caroline

Below the Edge of Darkness (Widder Edith)(Paperback)

Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction (Carrington Andr M.)(Paperback)

In Speculative Blackness, Andr M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre of speculative fiction--including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works, along with their fan cultures--to illustrate the relationship between genre conventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness

Diver Down: Real-World Scuba Accidents and How to Avoid Them (Ange Michael)(Paperback)

One diver, after a seemingly brief period below the surface, discovers that his gas supply has run perilously low. Another, paralyzed, bobs helplessly on the surface, and when a poorly trained divemaster attempts rescue, things go from bad to worse. Two other divers, fascinated by the bountiful

Wild Grass - China's Revolution from Below (Johnson Ian)(Paperback / softback)

A Song Below Water (Morrow Bethany C.)(Paperback)

Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today's readers -- a captivating modern fantasy about Black sirens, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism. In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren

Youth on the Move - Views from Below on Ethiopian International Migration(Paperback / softback)

Below Manchester - Going Deeper Under the City (Warrender Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau (Beaty Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

In a three-story house with a shop down below, lived the worlds finest hat maker, Madame Chapeau.Like the Lady herself, all her hats were refined.Brilliantly singular. One of a kind.So begins the tale of a lonely hat maker who matches customers to the perfect hat but lacks her own perfect match in

Sky Above, Earth Below - Spiritual Practice in Nature (Milton John P)(Paperback / softback)

Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies (Gago Vernica)(Paperback)

In Neoliberalism from Below-first published in Argentina in 2014-Ver nica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but also by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other

I Dare You (Carrington Sam)(Paperback)

'I Dare You is a compulsive read with a heart-stopping twist' Fabulous Magazine'A clever thriller that will see you racing through the pages to find out what happens next. Highly recommended ' Vicki Bradley, author of Before I Say I DoAN INNOCENT GAME. A SHOCKING CRIME. A COMMUNITY FULL OF