β Scribed by Isobelle Carmody; Nan McNab
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The brainchild of international fantasy superstar, Isobelle Carmody, and writer and editor, Nan McNab, each story is surprising, fresh, thought-provoking and spell-binding. Like Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, the plots and characters diverge from the original tales but resonate with the same deep feelings and mysterious atmosphere. Each story will be accompanied by an author note explaining what drew them to a particular tale.
You will find in this collection universal themes of envy and jealousy, deception and abandonment, control and power, courage and sacrifice, violence and deception. Characters are enchanted, they transgress, they yearn, they hunger, they hate and sometimes, they kill.
Some of the stories inhabit a traditional fairytale world, while others are set in the distant future. Some are set in the present and some in an alternative present. The stories offer no prescription for living or moral advice and none belong in a nursery.
ISOBELLE CARMODY began her first book, Obernewtyn, when she was fourteen and since then has written several much-loved fantasy novels and short stories which have been acclaimed worldwide. She is perhaps best known for her Obernewtyn Chronicles and for her novel The Gathering (joint winner of the 1993 Children's Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBC Book of the Year Award). With her partner and daughter, Isobelle divides her time between Prague in the Czech Republic and her home in Australia.
NAN McNAB is a writer and editor whose books include Body Bizarre Body Beautiful and Victoria's Market.
Library : Fantasy
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781742374413
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