Le Cornet acoustique

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Novel by Leonora Carrington.

Editions

  • Le Cornet acoustique (1974)
  • The Hearing Trumpet (Routledge, 1976; translation --? )
  • The Hearing Trumpet (Boston: Exact Change, 1996)

The Hearing Trumpet is a fantastic surrealistic adventure. An old lady is shipped off to a home for old ladies; shortly the odd inhabitants, the lady's freaky friends, and the home's history itself result in an amazing apocalypse.