The Hearing Trumpet

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The Hearing Trumpet is a surreal, feminist, and darkly comic novel by Leonora Carrington that follows an elderly woman’s journey into a bizarre occult conspiracy at a sinister retirement home.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
surrealist novel ⓘ
author Leonora Carrington ⓘ
containsElement mythological references ⓘ
occult symbolism ⓘ
satire of institutions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1974 ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
hasCultStatus true ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Leonora Carrington ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic mythology ⓘ
alchemical symbolism ⓘ
esoteric traditions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Surrealism ⓘ
mainCharacter Marian Leatherby ⓘ
motif alchemical transformation ⓘ
bees ⓘ
hearing trumpet ⓘ
wolves ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Marian Leatherby ⓘ
notableCharacter Carmella ⓘ
notableFor blend of surrealism, feminism, and occult fantasy ⓘ
portrayal of very old women as adventurous protagonists ⓘ
plotElement Grail-like quest ⓘ
esoteric religious cult ⓘ
occult conspiracy ⓘ
sinister retirement home ⓘ
protagonistAge 92 ⓘ
publisher Virago Press ⓘ
setting Mexico ⓘ
retirement home ⓘ
theme apocalypse ⓘ
female friendship ⓘ
madness and sanity ⓘ
occultism ⓘ
old age ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
utopia ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
fantastical ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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