Leonora Carrington, an intriguing and often under-appreciated Surrealist artist, passed away in Mexico City last year at the age of 94. When she died I found out that she was also a novelist. Who knew?! I picked up her books at the library, and they certainly maintain their Surrealist roots. With illustrations by Carrington and Max Ernst, The House of Fear is reminiscent of The Dream Life of Balso Snell by Nathanael West, except that Carrington puts significantly less emphasis on the anus of a giant horse—"0 Anus Mirabilis!"
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