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eruanna317 's review for:
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
by Michael Cunningham
An excellent collection of "fairy tales for adults." Cunningham's writing is gorgeous as usual, and Yuko Shimizu's illustrations are divine. I liked the balance of humor and tragedy in these tales, the mixture of familiar motifs with casual touches of modernity (the witch of "Hansel and Gretel" fame mixing Elmer's glue in with the icing on her candy house, for example). With a retelling, I always want to leave it feeling that the author has brought something new to my understanding of the original story, and that was true for the majority of this collection. Definitely worth checking out.