Leonora Carrington (2017-2011), the British-born Surrealist painter who lived in Mexico City since the early 40's, was also a writer of extraordinary imagination and charm, and The Hearing Trumpet is her best-loved book. It tells the story of 92 year old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that what her family has been saying is she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institutuion where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is open.
"Reading The Hearing Trumpet liberates us from the miserable reality of our days". - Luis Bunuel
