That Angela Carter only be known in this country (and only by some scholars) to write the story that later became the excellent film "In The Company of Wolves" of Neil Jordan is more than unfair. Collections of his stories as "The Bloody Chamber" or novels as twisted as "Dr. Hoffman and the infernal desire machines" are sufficient arguments to raise to this author at the altars of the best fantasy and science fiction written history. Unfortunately ALL his work, which was published by Minotaur is completely out of print in our country. Today we will "Nights at the Circus" , one of the most complex and bizarre works.
Taking as an excuse to interview a young pen named Jack Walser makes one famous and enigmatic trapeze artist with wings, the fascinating "freak" beautiful by the name of Fevvers - Carter dissects in a tone full of prose poetry, the everyday life of a circus in the late nineteenth and journalist embarks on a fascinating journey from London to Siberia, during which we enjoy with all isolated incidents extrañísimos the extravagant Fevvers accompanying fauna. The ape-man, the troupe of clowns (including the unforgettable moment of your dinner, and that beautiful phrase that comes to confirm that masks "clown" always floating in the ether waiting for bodies that dress), the Russian doll, the sleeping woman ... entire sample of freaks that would look lovely in a movie of Tod Browning . And at the same time, know the history of the fascinating Fevvers, born from an egg, raised in a brothel and claimed by swindlers owners "sideshow" and spiritualists eager to discover the mystery. In a tone rich in comedy and mystery that is not very far from the tenets of realism magical.
Ultimately, a further proof that, however much we weigh, the best fantasy fiction, and with it their best authors, "was written 80 years back. And shortly after that we'll actually going to pass the dreaded test of time. Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus "undoubtedly have done.
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