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Overview"""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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory MaguirePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Dimensions: Width: 10.20cm , Height: 6.40cm , Length: 14.60cm Weight: 0.060kg ISBN: 9780060567675ISBN 10: 0060567678 Publication Date: 14 October 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviews[A] bewitching story . . . Witty and wise. """[A] bewitching story . . . Witty and wise."" ""A staggering feat of wordcraft . . . would that all books with this much innate commercial appeal were this good.""" Author InformationGregory 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |