The debutante who chose the hyena
Flight, madness, and the great escape
The three witches of Mexico City
The legacy of the white horse
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Master of The surreal escape of Leonora Carrington
b134340 The Debutante and the Hyena
To skip the boring ball her mother threw, She sent a wild hyena from the zoo.
b134340 Born in Lancashire in 1917, Carrington grew up hearing stories of druids and shapeshifters from her Irish mother and nanny.
b134340 Guide the hyena through the debutante ball to discover Leonora Carrington's escape into Mexican surrealism.
High society rebellion: At her debutante ball at the Ritz, Leonora Carrington ignored the party to sit and read Aldous Huxley's novel 'Eyeless in Gaza'.
A young upper-class woman who is making her first formal appearance in society. In 1936, Leonora Carrington was reluctantly presented as one at the court of King George V.
Which cultural folklore did Leonora Carrington's Irish mother and nanny use to inspire her childhood imagination?
At whose royal court was Leonora Carrington formally presented as a debutante in 1936?
In Leonora Carrington's short story 'The Debutante,' which animal agrees to disguise itself and attend a high-society ball?
What major artistic event in London in 1936 first introduced Leonora Carrington to Surrealism?
Which German artist did Leonora Carrington meet in London in 1937 and later elope with to Paris?
What bizarre culinary prank was Leonora Carrington famous for playing on her dinner guests in France?