**A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales (but with a feminist spin) that find the sinister in the familiar and the familiar in the alien --from Mallory Ortberg, author of _Texts From Jane Eyre_.** From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous st
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
β Scribed by Daniel M. Lavery
- Book ID
- 110686913
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250113436
- ASIN
- B074ZJW3SL
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection." βThe New York Times Book Review
Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from Jane Eyre. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster twists traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected and frequently alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night.
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