Carrington, Leonora & Carrington,
Pablo Weiss (illustrator). The Hearing Trumpet, Boston : Exact
Change, 1996.
An elderly woman is given a hearing
trumpet, and is shocked to learn that her family are planning to
commit her to an otherworldly institution where the gates to the
underworld are open, the fantastical buildings are constructed like
birthday cakes, where the mystery of a recent murder looms. The
hearing trumpet is a darkly humorous work of surrealist fiction told
through unconventional narrative form, contrasting bizarre fairytale
fantasy with feminist themes, ageism and the concept of normalcy.
This is a character-driven work that uses humour, albeit morbid, to
discuss underlying motifs.
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