Wicked [MovieTtie-In 2]

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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Beschreibung

<p><b>The #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and basis for the international phenomenon that is <i>Wicked</i>: <i>The Musical </i>and the smash hit movie series. Look for part one of <i>Wicked </i>the movie, now streaming, and the stunning conclusion <i>Wicked: For Good</i>, in theaters now.</b></p><p>With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s <i>Wicked</i> is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. <i>Wicked</i> 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 novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.</p><p>Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy 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 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 name—one of the longest-runni

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063471740

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

204 x 133 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA