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A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
by Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham takes a feather from Angela Carter ([b:The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories|49011|The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories|Angela Carter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388633104s/49011.jpg|47950]) and updates a handful of well-known and quite iconic fairy stories.
Instead of feminism and subversion as the main (re)active ingredients, Cunningham opts for a difficult combination of modernism and satire.
This works particularly well in his rendition of ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, and less well with Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk – probably because these characters are so mythopoeic already, and therefore they actively resist Cunningham’s attempts at humanising their contexts.
While not entirely successful, this collection is ample evidence of both Cunningham’s technical proficiency and rich humanism.
Instead of feminism and subversion as the main (re)active ingredients, Cunningham opts for a difficult combination of modernism and satire.
This works particularly well in his rendition of ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, and less well with Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk – probably because these characters are so mythopoeic already, and therefore they actively resist Cunningham’s attempts at humanising their contexts.
While not entirely successful, this collection is ample evidence of both Cunningham’s technical proficiency and rich humanism.