{"product_id":"fireworks-by-angela-carter","title":"'Fireworks' by Angela Carter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-11\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-11\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-11\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-24\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d66d963e-0ec7-443f-82cd-916e0e3416c3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"502\"\u003eWritten largely out of Carter’s years in Japan, \u003cem data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"89\"\u003eFireworks\u003c\/em\u003e is her first collection of short fiction.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"502\"\u003eIt contains nine stories about travel, erotic estrangement and autobiography, however with Carter's characteristic flair, they repeatedly tip into fable, nightmare and grotesque theatre. Tokyo becomes a hall of mirrors for an Englishwoman confronting desire and her own foreignness; elsewhere, murderous puppets, predatory lovers, forests and doubled bodies turn gender into something performed, exchanged and violently enforced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003eFirst published in 1974, the collection sits between Carter’s early novels and the more famous fairy-tale revisions of \u003cem data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"643\"\u003eThe Bloody Chamber\u003c\/em\u003e. It is rawer and less orderly than that later book, but crucial to understanding how her feminism developed: women appear as dolls, monsters, commodities and desiring subjects, often all at once. The prose is lush, abrasive and knowingly excessive. Best for readers who like Carter at her most hallucinatory, or fiction in which sexuality and identity cease behaving like stable facts. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1207\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirago paperback, 1987 revised edition. Good condition with light cover rubbing, edge wear and minor corner wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45849951600723,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-22T083035.056.png?v=1784673058","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/fireworks-by-angela-carter","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}