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A Wild Swan: And Other Tales

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Description for A Wild Swan: And Other Tales Paperback. Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. Illustrator(s): Shimizu, Yuko. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 264 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. The Beast stands ahead of you in line at the convenience store, buying smokes and a Slim Jim, his devouring smile aimed at the cashier. A malformed little man with a knack for minor acts ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008140403
SKU
9780008140403
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham is the author of seven novels, including A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, The Hours (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize), Specimen Days, and By Nightfall, as well as Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown. He lives in New York. ... Read more

Reviews for A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
`While there was darkness in the original tales - blood, butchery and much else - Cunningham's collection brings emotional light and shade where there was none ... The comedy in these stories works brilliantly, but it does not uncut the tragedy of its lonely and quietly tormented outsiders ... This collection reminds us of the uncanny ability of the fairy ... Read more

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