Francesca Lia Block
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.77 | 7091 Users | 433 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold |
| Author | : | Francesca Lia Block |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | August 7th 2001 by Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollinsPublishers (first published September 19th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Short Stories. Fiction. Retellings |
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With language that is both lyrical and distinctly her own, Francesca Lia Block turns nine fairy tales inside out.Escaping the poisoned apple, Snow frees herself from possession to find the truth of love in an unexpected place.
A club girl from L.A., awakening from a long sleep to the memories of her past, finally finds release from its curse.
And Beauty learns that Beasts can understand more than men.
Within these singular, timeless landscapes, the brutal and the magical collide, and the heroine triumphs because of the strength she finds in a pen, a paintbrush, a lover, a friend, a mother, and finally, in herself.
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| Original Title: | The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold |
| ISBN: | 0064407454 (ISBN13: 9780064407458) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 7091 Users | 433 ReviewsCritique Epithetical Books The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
SNOWAn adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.I enjoyed the retelling of this. The start was a lot more believable- a desperate mother giving up her child because she realises she's unable to take care of it. I also liked the twist at the end, with Snow staying with her makeshift brothers/fathers. I didn't quite understand why the mother decided to poison her child, but that's partially because sometimes I find Block's style hard to read and understand.3/5TINYA retelling of Thumberlina.Francesca Lia Blocks The Rose And The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold is composed of nine tales that shimmer and sparkle with hope. Each story is very loosely based off of classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Thumbelina, and Beauty & The Beast. The book is melancholic in nature. While there are beautiful objects (tall glasses of mineral water with slices of lime like green moons rising above clear bubbling pools), beautiful people (a singing stranger with golden hair tousled in his face and
3.5 out of 5This collection of nine fairy tale retellings has a little bit of everything: it's dark and gritty, modern and timeless, magical and realistic... And always so dreamy and lyrical!
I've always loved fairy tales, and I've always loved retold fairy tales. In fact, I've written a few myself in the past. There's something about reading version after version of these universal stories that people have heard since they were kids that appeals to me. There's also something about the duality of nature that most of the stories hold: a darkness within the light. I suppose Francesca Lia Block would be the exact kind of writer you would expect to put out a collection like this. Her
Author: Francesca Lia BlockTitle: The Rose and the Beast: Fairy tales retold Description: This book is a selection of nine retellings of fairy tales, all set in contemporary United States.Review source: nope, this one I wanted and purchased on my own (I know, you didnt think I did that)Plot: The short stories are not connected, other than stylistically and by the fact that they are fairy tales.Characters: Blocks most memorable characters are her heroines. A book like this one really brings it
This is a strangely compelling novel. It was a surprisingly engaging read.I read a few pages in store and was ambivalent, but was willing to give it a try. I thought this was going to be a novel that I picked at, for probably a couple weeks, turns out I finished it the same day I bought it. I didn't sit down and read it all through--I read one chapter (which equals one fairytale), then did something else...read a chapter, did something else...rinse and repeat.Each story has its own moral issue,
Some were amazing, some were vibrant, some we're a snooze-fest and some, frankly, I didn't understand.
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