Son of a Witch
Autor Gregory Maguireen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780063398368
ISBN-10: 0063398362
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 134 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Harper Collins Publ. USA
ISBN-10: 0063398362
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 134 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Harper Collins Publ. USA
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The long-anticipated sequel to the million-copy bestselling novelWickedTen years after the publication ofWicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts.
What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape -- but what of her powers? Can he find his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison, Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?
For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz,Son of a Witchis the rich reward they have awaited so long.
Recenzii
“Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn.” — New York Times
“A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil.” — Library Journal
“Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining.” — Boston Globe
“Maguire’s captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness.” — People
“As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be.” — Entertainment Weekly
For Wicked: “I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story.” — —Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True
“An amazing novel.” — —John Updike
“Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit—that spot is well deserved.” — —Kirkus Reviews
“A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil.” — Library Journal
“Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining.” — Boston Globe
“Maguire’s captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness.” — People
“As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be.” — Entertainment Weekly
For Wicked: “I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story.” — —Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True
“An amazing novel.” — —John Updike
“Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit—that spot is well deserved.” — —Kirkus Reviews
Notă biografică
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked?the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award?winning Broadway musical of the same name?Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England.