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Flesh and the Mirror

Angela Carter

First published 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A woman returning to Tokyo searches fruitlessly for her lover who has failed to meet up with her. Finding another man she attempts to recreate that lost intimacy in the mirror above a hotel room bed. (Wikipedia)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1974 Cover Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Quartet Books Collection
1976 Cover Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Quartet Books Collection
May 1981 Cover Fireworks Harper & Row Collection 67
February 1982 Cover Fireworks Harper Colophon Collection 67
1987 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 61
April 1987 Cover Fireworks Chatto & Windus Collection 61
December 1987 Cover Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
1988 Cover Artificial Fire McClelland and Stewart Omnibus 63
June 1988 Fireworks Virago Collection
1992 Fireworks Virago Collection 61
May 1994 Fireworks Penguin Books (US) Collection
July 1995 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories Chatto & Windus Collection 68
April 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Henry Holt Collection 68
July 1996 Cover Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories Vintage (UK) Collection 68
August 1997 Cover Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 68
2004 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection 61
October 2006 Cover Fireworks Virago Collection