And for God’s sake, don’t succumb to greed, because that never ends well.įor readers steeped in the wonder and precision of fairy tales, unable to resist diving into yet another retelling (and I place myself in this category), three new books take the fabric of some old stories, and, with a keen eye and a very sharp needle, reshape each one into something new. ![]() Tread carefully, these stories remind us. The dangers are real and they are everywhere. It is abrupt, immediate and often brutal - more tip of the blade than bonny glen. A fairy tale has no toleration for ambiguities. Silent and impoverished girls discover not only voices, but jewels and riches pouring from their mouths the castoff and abandoned find unexpected families and birthrights mad kings and wicked stepmothers lose status, kingdoms and even lives. ![]() A fairy tale, in its essence, is a story of reversal.
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