Wicked Collector's Edition

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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Beschreibung

<p><b>The <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and basis for the smash hit musical and two major motion pictures, in a deluxe hardback edition with green stained edges, a ribbon marker, and an elegant foil-stamped cover.</b></p><p>With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's <i>Wicked</i> is established not only as a sharp social commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. This classic Oz retelling relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i>, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film. In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining story, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.</p><p>This is the unforgettable villain origin story of Elphaba, a little girl who makes her presence known in Oz years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land. Born with emerald-green skin, Elphaba carries a heavy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens.</p><p>But in this dark political fantasy, Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals-those creatures with voices, souls, and minds-are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals-even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.</p><p>Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063391086

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

239 x 163 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA