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A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
by Michael Cunningham
… if your beauty doesn’t trouble the constellations, nobody’s going to cast a spell on you. No one wants to transform you into a beast, or put you to sleep for a hundred years.
'A Wild Swan' retells a handful of classic fairy tales. It twists the old stories and allows the characters a little more in depth than the otherwise somewhat two-dimensional characters we often see in fairy tales. We follow the witch before she built her pancake house: a promiscuous, divorced alcoholic with broken dreams. We are a fly on the wall near Snow White and the prince while they are having an argument in bed.
This book is a true gem. Michael Cunningham's writing is excellent - he has long been one of my favorite writers, and 'A Wild Swan' did not disappoint. It was entertaining and thought provoking thoughout.
And it is beautifully illustrated by Yuko Shimizu:
