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AlbakiReads Editorial A politically charged reimagining of Oz
A politically charged reimagining of Oz
Gregory Maguire relocates the familiar mythology of Oz to the years before Dorothy’s arrival, centering Elphaba’s life from her difficult birth through her time at Shiz University and her resistance to the Wizard’s regime. Her green skin marks her as an outsider in a country shaped by poverty, disaster, superstition, and political surveillance. The novel gives particular weight to the threatened status of Animals—beings with voices, minds, and souls—and to Elphaba’s determination to defend them. By placing the figure later known as the Wicked Witch within questions of exclusion, authority, guilt, and public judgment, the book reconsiders how a feared villain might come to be named.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Adult fantasy readers interested in reworkings of classic stories
- Fans of Oz who want a pre-Dorothy perspective
- Readers drawn to fantasy involving political control and social exclusion
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Otherness and prejudicePower and surveillanceAnimal rights and personhoodPublic labels and moral judgmentReimagined fairy-tale mythology
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Book Overview The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, and smash hit movie series starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana...
The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, and smash hit movie series starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). 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.
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.
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.
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-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel's distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire's Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 432 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS | ISBN: 0060987103
FormatPaperback
Pages432
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060987103
EAN9780060987107
PublisherHARPERCOLLINS
Publication Date1996-09-27
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.95 Pounds
Length9.2 Inches
Width6.2 Inches
Height1.3 Inches
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