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Description for Beauty
Paperback. A magnificent reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story by a master storyteller. Series: Fantasy Masterworks. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
A magnificent reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story by a master storyteller
On her 16th birthday, the princess Beauty sidesteps the sleeping curse placed upon her by her wicked aunt, the fairy Carabosse - only to be kidnapped by visitors from another time and place, far from the picturesque castle in 14th-century England.
She is taken to the world of the future, a savage society where, even amongst the teeming billions, she is utterly alone. And as she travels magically to places both imaginary and real, Beauty eventually comes to understand her special place in humanity's destiny.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Series
Fantasy Masterworks
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473206595
SKU
V9781473206595
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri Stewart Tepper was born in Colorado in 1929 and is the author of a large number of novels in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mystery, and is particularly respected for her works of feminist science fiction. Her many acclaimed novels include THE MARGARETS and GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL, both shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, ... Read more
Reviews for Beauty
BEAUTY slips its message like a knife through skin and brain and bone ... it is brilliant and subtle and fabulous - NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION Rich, multitudinous, witty, metaphysical, continually surprising, BEAUTY is a feast - LOCUS BEAUTY lives up to its name in all ways. It is a story of mankind and magic, fairies ... Read more