{"product_id":"my-mother-she-killed-me-kate-bernheimer-9780143117841","title":"My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neil Gaiman, \"Orange\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aimee Bender, \"The Color Master\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joyce Carol Oates, \"Blue-bearded Lover\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Cunningham, \"The Wild Swans\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales--the ultimate literary costume party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen's \"The Snow Queen\" and \"The Little Match Girl\" to Charles Perrault's \"Bluebeard\" and \"Cinderella\" to the Brothers Grimm's \"Hansel and Gretel\" and \"Rumpelstiltskin\" to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Bernheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014311784X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.54w x 1.21d","brand":"Kate Bernheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049741611263,"sku":"9780143117841","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1958eae-0ed3-4492-aea7-0337a8768d9b.jpg?v=1685003197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-mother-she-killed-me-kate-bernheimer-9780143117841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}