Mirror, Mirror

Zusatztext "Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably...Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good! in fact." Informationen zum Autor Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award—winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts. Klappentext The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia -- decadent children of a wicked pope -- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well ... A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own. Zusammenfassung “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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Maguire, Maguire Gregory
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2004
• EAN: 9780060988654
• ISBN: 978-0-06-098865-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Romance, Science Fiction, Historical fiction, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Historical fantasy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies, Plays, Playscripts, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Romance / Fantasy, DRAMA: American / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Historical / Renaissance, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Literature / Mythology Fairy Tales