Wicked - Wicked Years 1

Zusatztext '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.' Informationen zum Autor Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked , the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch , A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz ), that was made into an award-winning musical. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter. Klappentext An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. Vorwort The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon. Zusammenfassung The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Maguire, Maguire Gregory
• Publisher: Review Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.09.2006
• EAN: 9780755331604
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-3160-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Headline Paperbacks; Wicked Years; Wicked Years
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Fantasy / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales