num_pages: 224
description: The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, published in the United States as The War of Dreams, is a 1972 novel by Angela Carter. This picaresque novel is heavily influenced by surrealism, Romanticism, critical theory and other branches of Continental philosophy. Its style is an amalgam of magical realism and postmodern pastiche. The novel has been called a theoretical fiction, as it clearly engages in some of the theoretical issues of its time, notably feminism, mass media and the counterculture.
language: English
title: The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
titlecomplete: The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Speculative Fiction, Literature, Classics, Novels, Feminism, Fantasy, 20th Century
ratings_count: 3523
publisher: Penguin Books