Physical Description |
304 pages ; 22 cm |
Note |
"Introduction by Marissa Meyer"--Cover. |
Contents |
Introduction / Marissa Meyer -- How to fracture a fairy tale / Jane Yolen -- Snow in summer -- The bridge's complaint -- The moon ribbon -- Godmother Death -- Happy dens, or A day in the old wolves' home -- Granny Rumple -- One ox, two ox, three ox, and the dragon king -- Brother hart -- Sun/Flight -- Slipping sideways through eternity -- The foxwife -- The faery flag -- One old man, with seals -- Sleeping ugly -- The undine -- Great-grandfather Dragon's tale -- Green plague -- The unicorn and the pool -- The golden balls -- Sister Death -- Sule skerry -- Once a good man -- Allerleirauh -- The Gwynhfar -- Cinder elephant -- Mama gone -- The woman who loved a bear -- Wresting with angels -- How I fractured these stories: notes and poems. |
Summary |
Fantasy icon Jane Yolen triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined. |
Subject |
Fairy tales.
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Short stories.
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Fantasy fiction.
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