Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber

[Saucy Jack]

 
I recently encountered this book as part of my school english syllabus and discovered it to be a great worker of horror fiction. While it identifies itself as surrealist and as a modern fantasy novel. It is extremly well written with beautiful prose.

Has anyone encountered this author or any of her works ?

N.B This is a collection of short stories which are reimaginings of old fairy tales with a feminist twist.

[Alasdair5000]

Oh yes, read this during my degree.  Excellent book, very odd, very dark and my first exposure to the wonderful world of postmodernism.  If you like it, track down a copy of A Company of Wolves if you've not seen it, that's based on Carter's work.