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| <P>With language that is both lyrical and distinctly her own, Francesca Lia Block turns nine fairy tales inside out.</P><P>Escaping the poisoned apple, Snow frees herself from possession to find the truth of love in an unexpected place.</P><P>A club girl from L.A., awakening from a long sleep to the memories of her past, finally finds release from its curse.</P><P>And Beauty learns that Beasts can understand more than men.</P><P>Within these singular, timeless landscapes, the brutal and the magical collide, and the heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and finally, in herself.</P><P><AWARD>Best Children's Books 2000 (PW)<BR>Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL)</AWARD></P> |
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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Francesca Lia Block |
| Fiction Subgenre: |
Fairy Tales |
| Fiction Genre: |
Juvenile Fiction |
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Professional Reviews
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "The author sets her tales in refracted space similar to an Escher drawing, rebuilding Los Angeles as a fairy-tale universe where wolves are sexual predators, seemingly helpless females carry knives they know how to use, and an abusive childhood can be redeemed by love.", Rain Taxi Review of Books: "Despite the contemporary references, these tales have a timeless quality about them, aided by Block's lyrical, impressionistic prose. There have been many feminist revisions of fairy tales in recent years, but none as exquisite as these." |
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Book Editions
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- Paperback
- Reprint
- 229
- August 01, 2001
- Harpercollins Childrens Books
- 6.75"(h) x 5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.5 lbs.
- 9780064407458
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