|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 최근 이 책을 구매하신 다른 회원의 책장 |
|
 |
|
|
|
[ 책 소개 ]
널리 알려진 5편의 전래 동화를 작가가 현대적인 관점에서 독특한 시각으로 재구성한 책입니다. 예를 들면 신데렐라에서는 왕자가 가져온 유리구두를 신는 것을 거절하고, 대신에 왕자에게 발이 맞는 여자를 찾기 보다, 올바른 관계를 갖기 위해 노력할 것을 요구합니다.
이 책에 포함된 5편의 이야기는 아래와 같습니다.
1. Cinderella
2. Sleeping Beauty
3. Paul Bunyan
4. John Henry
5.Jack and the Beanstalk
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback, 132pages
ISBN: 0064404676
책 크기 : 21.5cm x 15cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Publishers Weekly
These boisterous, down-to-earth "retellings" of familiar tales are carefully adjusted to 20th-century values and designed to capture and hold the attention of a more worldly reader. In "The Waking of the Prince," Sleeping Beauty calls her security guards to arrest the amorous nobleman; Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed duke it out over the fate of the forest; and the Prince marries Cinderella even though the slipper doesn't fit. The stories are fast-paced and funny, heart-felt without slipping into sentimentality. The twists on time-honored tales redefine the spheres of good and evil to not-so-good and not-so-bad, and emphasize the importance of creative storytelling to address the problems of the modern world.
School Library Journal
Five favorite tales affectionately retold with fresh, new perspectives and irresistible flair. Unlike their models, Brooke's characters have real character. Take, for example, the newly awakened princess who, refusing to believe she's been under a spell, demands identification and proof of his claim from an understandably nonplused prince. Equally strong and independent, Cinderella resists trying on the glass slipper, preferring her prince to find the relationship fitting, not the foot. A telling encounter between a blissfully destructive Paul Bunyan and a wistful Johnny Appleseed, the exploits of a demystified but all the more ennobled John Henry, and a very personalized re-retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" round out the collection. Brooke has succeeded in making these old familiar tales his own, softening their make-believe, playing with their meanings, but leaving their magic utterly intact. This is a writer to watch, one with a masterful sense of story and a delightful way with words. In his final, reverberating "The Telling of a Tale," Brooke weaves his many threads so seamlessly that readers no longer know who the teller is until indeed, the promise is fulfilled: "if you listen closely you can hear the voice of everyone who ever told the tale." A perceptive and engaging collection that's ideal for reading aloud. --Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 등록된 128,146건의 서평이 있습니다.
