I've been meaning to read Carrington's stories and her novel, The Hearing Trumpet, for ages now, and I love the way you intertwine a discussion of her writings with her paintings. Boris Vian is a writer I've never heard of and definitely want to read now! Thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful selection from Carrington and you include some really interesting names connected to her style that I'd never heard of. Fantastic! I love the way you bring Carrington into relation with current writers.
I know what you mean about the abruptness of the stories and I sometime wish they were more humanist or relatable, or just longer! I wonder if you have seen her wonderful novel, The Hearing Trumpet? This is where she finally did develop a narrative and it is more satisfying than the stories (which are brilliant nonetheless). For someone who is entering my 60s, the portrait of the redoubtable, powerful and hilarious older women in it is precious indeed. It also has an eco-feminist theme decades before the term was invented.
I taught a class on surrealist writing techniques recently and The Debutante went down a storm: it's such a liberating tale and I do worry about the maid but I think the idea was simply to eradicate the servant class rather than any one individual.
Thank you for all this great work putting a spotlight on women surrealists which is cheering and helping me no end.
One of my all time favorite artists.
I've been meaning to read Carrington's stories and her novel, The Hearing Trumpet, for ages now, and I love the way you intertwine a discussion of her writings with her paintings. Boris Vian is a writer I've never heard of and definitely want to read now! Thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful selection from Carrington and you include some really interesting names connected to her style that I'd never heard of. Fantastic! I love the way you bring Carrington into relation with current writers.
I know what you mean about the abruptness of the stories and I sometime wish they were more humanist or relatable, or just longer! I wonder if you have seen her wonderful novel, The Hearing Trumpet? This is where she finally did develop a narrative and it is more satisfying than the stories (which are brilliant nonetheless). For someone who is entering my 60s, the portrait of the redoubtable, powerful and hilarious older women in it is precious indeed. It also has an eco-feminist theme decades before the term was invented.
I taught a class on surrealist writing techniques recently and The Debutante went down a storm: it's such a liberating tale and I do worry about the maid but I think the idea was simply to eradicate the servant class rather than any one individual.
Thank you for all this great work putting a spotlight on women surrealists which is cheering and helping me no end.
Learning so much from these, thank you for writing