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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is a story of how Stepmother tries to rescue a daughter from unspeakable pain. The sentences and the illustrations are fabulous (in all senses of the word). I'm not sure I fully grasp the intent but it is fairly short and I will read it again. ( ) first line: "Look at it this way, love, I tell her: no more slops to empty." This is a well-written, albeit rather dismal, modern fairy tale populated by archetypal figures -- a sort of amalgamation of every fairy tale you know. Coover's characters are identified by their roles ("Stepmother," "Old Soldier," "Reaper," &c.) rather than personal names. Punishments abound; happily-ever-afters...not so much. While none are truly innocent, many are unjustly condemned. The appeal of this short novel is mostly cerebral, though the characters (mere symbols though they may be) are sympathetic. I'd also like to read Coover's A Child Again, and possibly Briar Rose, both of which incorporate well-known folk figures and motifs. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Robert Coover, father of modern American experimental fiction, returns with "Stepmother," a masterful reimagining of the fairy-tale tradition. There is magic, there are princes, there are painful castrations. There is also beauty, and true love, of a sort. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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