My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction.

Neil Gaiman, â‚¬Å“Orangeâ‚¬Â
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Aimee Bender, â‚¬Å“The Color Masterâ‚¬Â
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Joyce Carol Oates, â‚¬Å“Blue-bearded Loverâ‚¬Â
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Michael Cunningham, â‚¬Å“The Wild Swansâ‚¬Â
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These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy talesâ‚¬"the ultimate literary costume party.
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Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersenâ‚¬s â‚¬Å“The Snow Queenâ‚¬Â and â‚¬Å“The Little Match Girlâ‚¬Â to Charles Perraultâ‚¬s â‚¬Å“Bluebeardâ‚¬Â and â‚¬Å“Cinderellaâ‚¬Â to the Brothers Grimmâ‚¬s â‚¬Å“Hansel and Gretelâ‚¬Â and â‚¬Å“Rumpelstiltskinâ‚¬Â to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico.
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Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES3717107
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2010-09-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143117841

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES3717107
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2010-09-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143117841

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

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