{"product_id":"my-mother-she-killed-me-my-father-he-ate-me-forty-new-fairy-tales-paperback","title":"My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeil Gaiman, \"Orange\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimee Bender, \"The Color Master\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce Carol Oates, \"Blue-bearded Lover\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Cunningham, \"The Wild Swans\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales--the ultimate literary costume party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen's \"The Snow Queen\" and \"The Little Match Girl\" to Charles Perrault's \"Bluebeard\" and \"Cinderella\" to the Brothers Grimm's \"Hansel and Gretel\" and \"Rumpelstiltskin\" to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer \u003c\/b\u003eis the editor of \u003ci\u003exo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, \u003c\/i\u003e among several other anthologies, and the founder and editor of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of numerous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, she teaches in the English department at the University of Arizona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked, \u003c\/i\u003ethe basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 8.32 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44299312922726,"sku":"9780143117841","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MWJNdytuaTZsVitxT2xXL1ZjakU1UT09.webp?v=1767290131","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/my-mother-she-killed-me-my-father-he-ate-me-forty-new-fairy-tales-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}