How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
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Jane Yolen
"This collection is Jane Yolen at her best. This is magic."--Patricia C. Wrede, author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles 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.
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Author
Jane Yolen
Pages
320
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Published Date
2018
ISBN
1616963069 9781616963064
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"This is a wonderful anthology of fairy tales retold. Some are funny. Some are heartbreaking. Some are gross. All are well done and entertaining "
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Lize
"I love a good storyteller. I especially love a good storyteller that can flip a completely beloved classic, flip it on its head, and make me want the collection of short stories to be a collection of novels. 10/10. I might even re-read this one day, in the faraway future "
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Lydia Stewart