A review by holley_cornetto
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter

4.0

Many writers whose work I admire have cited Carter as an influence. I can see why. Angela Carter's short fiction collection did not disappoint. Her work deals with dark themes, and the stories take some time and attention to read. It isn't something that you can sit and read in a short amount of time, and then walk away. These stories require you to linger over them a little longer, and to dig a little deeper when thinking about why they work as fiction, and what they are trying to tell us about the world. Perhaps this is why they have stood the test of time, landing Carter a well-earned place among modern literary greats.