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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins - Paperback

by Emma Donoghue
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Availability:In StockContributor:Emma DonoghueAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1999-02-27Pages:240
Languages:EnglishPublisher:HarperteenISBN-13:9780064407724ISBN-10:64407721UPC:9780064407724Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Girls & Women, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Short Stories, Collections & AnthologiesBook Topic:AdaptationsSize:8.00 x 4.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC0RJRVQQ6
Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin.

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Languages:EnglishPublisher:HarperteenISBN-13:9780064407724ISBN-10:64407721UPC:9780064407724Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Girls & Women, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Short Stories, Collections & AnthologiesBook Topic:AdaptationsSize:8.00 x 4.70 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC0RJRVQQ6
Donoghue, Emma: -

Born in Dublin in 1969, EMMA DONOGHUE is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge, England, before moving to Canada's London, Ontario. She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical (The Wonder, Slammerkin, Life Mask, The Sealed Letter) to the contemporary (Akin, Stir-Fry, Hood, Landing). Her international bestseller Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth and Orange Prizes; her screen adaptation, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, was nominated for four Academy Awards.

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