Title:
How to fracture a fairy tale / Jane Yolen.
ISBN:
9781616963064
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications, 2018.
Physical Description:
304 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Introduction by Marissa Meyer"--Cover.
Contents:
Introduction / Marissa Meyer -- How to fracture a fairytale [introductory essay] / Jane Yolen -- Snow in summer -- Bridge's complaint -- Moon ribbon -- Godmother Death -- Happy Dens or A day in the Old Wolves Home -- Grunny Rumple -- One Ox, two Ox, three Ox, and the dragon king -- Brother Hart -- Sun/flight -- Slipping sideways through eternity -- Fox wife -- Faery flag -- One old man, with seals -- Sleeping Ugly -- Undine -- Great-Grandfather Dragon's tale -- Green plague -- Unicorn and the pool -- Golden balls -- Sister Death -- Sule Skerry -- Once a good man -- Allerleirauh -- Gwynhfar -- Cinder Elephant -- Mama gone -- Woman who loved a bear -- Wrestling with angels.
Summary:
"Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined."-- from publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1029799207
Availability:
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