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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Professor Emma Donoghue (Paperback / softback)

Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Doghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with lumius voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is t so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Sw White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Doghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, hor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Doghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA

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