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How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
- Author
- Jane Yolen
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 28 May 2019
- Run Time
- 9 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Short stories
What to expect
Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.
Critics Review
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“A master storyteller at her best. I’ve been a fan of Jane Yolen and fractured fairy tales for years and this collection doesn’t disappoint.”
Chanda Hahn, New York Times bestselling author
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“Fans will be delighted with the story notes and poems that cap off [Yolen’s] fantastic collection of fairy-tale retellings and fractured legends.”
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Details
- Author
- Jane Yolen
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 9 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781982650506
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Short stories
Synopsis
Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.
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