Wicked Musical Tie In Edition: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West: 01 (Wicked Years (Paperback)) - Softcover

Maguire, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060745908 ISBN 13: 9780060745905

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn't nearly as Wicked as we imagined.

About this title

Product Description:

Wicked Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death. Full description

Review:

'Gregory Maguire's Wicked falls into a fascinating sub-genre of novels that revisit well-known stories as much in the spirit of criticism as homage. Maguire...makes sense of Baum's whims, creating a credible Oz for grown-ups, with religion, politics, racial tensions, an economy, mythology, humour and sex... As moving and tragic as it is refreshing and scurrilous... This outstanding novel.' (The Independent)

'Bodice ripper set in fantasy land ... GONE WITH THE WIND in Camelot... Characters have immense moral struggles... They're very passionate.' ( The Scotsman on Sunday )

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060745908
• ISBN 13: 9780060745905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432