Contemporary Fiction and the Fairy Tale

The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Neil Gaiman, "Orange" Aimee Bend...

Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary stud...

The story of Little Nell and her "tragedy of sorrows, " told in a blend of realism and fairy-tale The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell,...

DescriptionAn elegantly packaged new edition of a classic Chinese folk tale collection that responds to the contemporary fascination with the ancie...

Reducere. Description" A] sexy and whimsical modern fairy tale." --Greensboro News & Record "The always-funny Susan Elizabeth Phillips...has the heat turned ...

Reducere. Hoffmann's classic Christmas fairy tale, immortalized by Tchaikovsky's ballet, is brought to life by the gorgeous contemporary artwork of Finnish i...

Reducere. DescriptionOnce upon a time is eternal...Turn the pages and fall into the enchanting worlds of beloved, age-old fairy tales made new again in this ...

Reducere. Sir Gibbie is a "rags-to-riches" adventure novel by George MacDonald, renowned Christian author, about honesty and altruism which comes in many dif...

A shape-shifting tiger and a pretentious rat.A generous goddess and a powerful demon.A clever princess and a prince who returns from the dead. This...

Reducere. -The impish love child of Tutuola and Marquez. Utterly delightful.---Nalo Hopkinson Karen Lord's debut novel, which won the prestigious Frank Colly...

Reducere. Beloved for contemporary romance novels that "deliver laughter, tears, and so much joy, " (RT Book Reviews), JoAnn Ross expands her wildly popular ...

Reducere. In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this modern fairy tale, a strong, brave maiden is invited to attend the prince's royal ball, but at the dance, she ends up finding tr...

When Callie and her teddy bear invited the moon in for a tea party, they had no idea how much fun they would have...and what a catastrophe they wou...

Reducere. Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning ...

DescriptionIn this timely, assured collection, Tina Chang confronts the complexities of raising a mixed-race child during an era of political uphea...

Reducere. From Publishers Weekly Nahai begins her vivid, intriguing historical chronicle in the 1780s in Persia and concludes 200 years later in contemporary...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo sensitive and funny portraits of young women determined to be artists and coming of age in the late 1950s, M. B. Goffstein's novels ...

DescriptionWhen hostage negotiator Rafe Mancuso takes a bullet to save Sara Rios, his former partner, his actions make him a bona fide hero -- and ...

DescriptionIn the rugged Ozarks of beautiful Branson, Missouri, a woman struggles to save her marriage--and finds answers from an unexpected source...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat do you do when it all comes crashing down? Boo Walker has returned to wine country for the sequel to his powerful, best-selling nov...

Reducere. DescriptionOne fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they discover they have much mor...

Reducere. Description"A lovingly written modern-day fairy tale with complex characters and a well-earned, satisfying ending." - Kirkus ReviewsFrom New York T...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times bestseller "Has everything you'd want in a retelling of a classic fairy tale." - Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselli...