Several Perceptions

by Angela Carter

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Publication

Trafalgar Square (1995), 160 pages

Description

Centre stage in Angela Carter's unruly tale of the Flower Power Generation is Joseph - a decadent, disorientated rebel without a cause. A self-styled nihilist whose girlfriend has abandoned him, Joseph has decided to give up existing. But his concerned friends and neighbours have other plans. In an effort to join in the spirit of protest which motivates his contemporaries, Joseph frees a badger from the local zoo; sends a turd airmail to the President of the United States; falls in love with the mother of his best friend; and, accompanied by the strains of an old man's violin, celebrates Christmas Eve in a bewildering state of sexual discovery. But has he found the Meaning of Life?

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1968

Physical description

160 p.

ISBN

1853818399 / 9781853818394

Local notes

Fiction
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