{"product_id":"my-mother-she-killed-me-my-father-he-ate-me-forty-new-fairy-tales-9780143117841","title":"My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neil Gaiman, \"Orange\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aimee Bender, \"The Color Master\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joyce Carol Oates, \"Blue-bearded Lover\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Cunningham, \"The Wild Swans\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales--the ultimate literary costume party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen's \"The Snow Queen\" and \"The Little Match Girl\" to Charles Perrault's \"Bluebeard\" and \"Cinderella\" to the Brothers Grimm's \"Hansel and Gretel\" and \"Rumpelstiltskin\" to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer \u003c\/b\u003eis the editor of \u003ci\u003exo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, \u003c\/i\u003e among several other anthologies, and the founder and editor of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of numerous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, she teaches in the English department at the University of Arizona. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked, \u003c\/i\u003ethe basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720687030546,"sku":"9780143117841","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a86b0d60-21a5-4164-880a-66eaffb43b06.jpg?v=1734674639","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-mother-she-killed-me-my-father-he-ate-me-forty-new-fairy-tales-9780143117841","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}