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My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

Kate Bernheimer (Editor),

Gregory Maguire (Foreward)

Start date: November 23, 2010

Finish date: January 23, 2011

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Feb 29, 2012 Melki rated it really liked it

Shelves: folk-fairy-tales

This is a fairly decent collection of "updated" fairy tales from around the world. Familiar names like Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, and more create "new stories sewed from old skins" by adding twists and spins to classic stories. And like many of the grimmer fairy tales, these stories are definitely NOT for children.

Each tale concludes with a few paragraphs by the authors explaining why a particular story was chosen. This was an unexpected and interesting glimpse into the ...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Melanti rated it liked it

Shelves: library, anthology, 2012, fairy-tales-folklore-and-mythology

The great thing about anthologies is that there's a lot of variety in content. The bad thing about anthologies is that there's a lot of variety in quality.

A lot of the stories are rather contemporary - both in setting and in style. Quite a few were rather "literary", and still more were of the "magic realism" style. That would be just fine with me normally, but when I'm reading a book subtitled "new fairy tales," I really expect a sense of wonder and a greater sense of other-worldliness than man ...more

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