"A brilliant achievement." --Boston Herald "Entertaining...profound....A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain."--Christian Science Monitor Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: Mirror Mirror. Setting his story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy--and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen--Maguire and Mirror Mirror will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter.
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"A brilliant achievement." -- Boston Herald
A brilliant achievement. --Boston Herald
"A brilliant achievement."--Boston Herald
"Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably...Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A brilliant achievement. --Boston Herald"
Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably...Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
Book Description:
A unique retelling of the classic fairytale, SNOW WHITE by the internationally bestselling author of WICKED
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- PublisherAvon A
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 006196056X
- ISBN 13 9780061960567
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages280
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