LEONORA CARRINGTON

Born 1917, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Died 2011, Mexico City, Mexico

‘The Skeleton’s Holiday’ was written in 1939 as part of a collaborative novel with Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Georges Hugnet, Gisèle Prassinos et al., called The Man Who Lost His Skeleton. ‘Uncle Sam Carrington’, ‘The Debutante’, ‘White Rabbits’, ‘Seventh Horse’, ‘My Flannel Knickers’ and ‘The Oval Lady’ were translated into English from the original French by Kathrine Talbot, Marina Warner, Paul de Angelis and Carrington herself and first published in 1988.

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First published 1989

This selection first published 2018

Copyright © Estate of Leonora Carrington, 2017

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ISBN: 978-0-241-33917-6

Contents

White Rabbits

Uncle Sam Carrington

The Debutante

The Oval Lady

The Seventh Horse

My Flannel Knickers

The Skeleton’s Holiday

Series List

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