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Title: Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Author: Emma Donoghue
Published: New York: Joanna Colter Books, 1997
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 228
Total Page Count: 79,683
Text Number: 233
Read Because: recommended by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shunrai, borrowed from the library
Short Review: A collection of 13 short stories, Kissing the Witch takes fairy tales (many of them easily recognizable) and revises them: poetic and magical, they take a fresh look at their stories and protagonists, instilling feminine independence, wisdom, and romance missing in the original tales. The narrative that ties the stories together is stretched thin, but everything else about the book is wonderful: it's a strong, uniform collection which is beautiful, liberating, and quietly—yet strongly—revolutionary. I recommend it to readers of all ages.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Author: Emma Donoghue
Published: New York: Joanna Colter Books, 1997
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 228
Total Page Count: 79,683
Text Number: 233
Read Because: recommended by
shunrai, borrowed from the libraryShort Review: A collection of 13 short stories, Kissing the Witch takes fairy tales (many of them easily recognizable) and revises them: poetic and magical, they take a fresh look at their stories and protagonists, instilling feminine independence, wisdom, and romance missing in the original tales. The narrative that ties the stories together is stretched thin, but everything else about the book is wonderful: it's a strong, uniform collection which is beautiful, liberating, and quietly—yet strongly—revolutionary. I recommend it to readers of all ages.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
