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HOW TO FRACTURE A FAIRY TALE

Jane Yolen

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.
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Published 2018-11-01 by Tachyon Publications

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“Humor, tragedy, violence, and adventure create a strong emotional arc to this substantive anthology.”

Review School Library Journal

“Readers will find most of these stories relatable and powerful in their messages, and Yolen's notes about each work's origin are so interesting that they're worth rereading in their own right.”

Review Publishers Weekly

“If The Emerald Circus provided an extensive overview of Yolen's dialogue with many of her literary predecessors from Andersen to Baum, How to Fracture a Fairy Tale serves as a useful and timely companion volume, demonstrating an equally astute and critical dialogue with the world's folk traditions.”

Review Locus

“This collection is Jane Yolen at her best. This is magic.” ?Patricia C. Wrede, author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles

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