Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life.
Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print. With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), The Complete Stories captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist’s life.
The House of Fear:
The debutante
The oval lady
The royal summons
A man in love
Uncle Sam Carrington
The house of fear
The Seventh Horse:
As they road along the edge
Pigeon, Fly!
The three hunters
Monsieur Cyril de Guindre
The sisters
Cast down by sadness
White rabbits
Waiting
The seventh horse
The neutral man
A mexican fairy tale
Et in cellicus lunarusm medicalis
My flannel knickers
The happy corpse story
How to start a pharmaceuticals business
My mother is a cow
Previously unpublished:
The sand camel
Mr. Gregory's fly
Jemima and the wolf
