Wicked

Name: Wicked : the bestselling book that inspired the movie
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the bestselling book that inspired the movie

Gregory Maguire

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«'Gregory Maguire's Wicked falls into a fascinating sub-genre of novels that revisit well-known stories as much in the spirit of criticism as homage. Maguire...makes sense of Baum's whims, creating a credible Oz for grown-ups, with religion, politics, racial tensions, an economy, mythology, humour and sex... As moving and tragic as it is refreshing and scurrilous... This outstanding novel.'»
<i>The Independent<i>

**Pre-order Elphie, the spellbinding prequel to Wicked, now**

The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.

Now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation.

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**Pre-order Elphie, the spellbinding prequel to Wicked, now**

The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.

Now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation.

In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren't told the whole story?

Long before Dorothy follows the yellow brick road and triumphs over the Wicked Witch of the West, a little girl with emerald-green skin is born in the land of Oz.

Elphaba grows up to be smart and prickly, a lonely outsider with an extraordinary talent for magic. Arriving at university, she dares to believe she might finally fit in.

But Oz isn't the haven she'd dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizard's power.

And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands...

Fall under the WICKED spell this year.

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I "Wicked" leker Gregory Maguire med tanken om hvorfor the Wicked Witch from the West er så ond, og om hun faktisk er ond i det hele tatt. Boken følger heksen Elphaba fra hennes selsomme fødsel, hennes barndom og ungdom. Vi får bli med henne på universitetet og oppdager litt om hvordan det er å være grønn og oppvokst med en meget religiøs mann til far og en søster som mangler armer. Alle som har lest The Wizard of Oz husker the Wicked Witch of the West, og denne ekstremt velskrevne historien om hvem Elphaba kan ha vært er ikke bare høyst underholdende, men får oss til å tenke litt mer over forholdet mellom god og ond. Jeg synes denne boken rett og slett er ekstremt bra!

Idsartha

Detaljer

Forlag: Headline Review
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 512
ISBN: 9780755331604
Utgivelsesår: 2006
Format: 13 x 19 cm

Om forfatteren

Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked, the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz), that was made into an award-winning musical. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter.

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«'Gregory Maguire's Wicked falls into a fascinating sub-genre of novels that revisit well-known stories as much in the spirit of criticism as homage. Maguire...makes sense of Baum's whims, creating a credible Oz for grown-ups, with religion, politics, racial tensions, an economy, mythology, humour and sex... As moving and tragic as it is refreshing and scurrilous... This outstanding novel.'»
<i>The Independent<i>

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Idsartha – 15.01.2007

– I "Wicked" leker Gregory Maguire med tanken om hvorfor the Wicked Witch from the West er så ond, og om hun faktisk er ond i det hele tatt. Boken følger heksen Elphaba fra hennes selsomme fødsel, hennes barndom og ungdom. Vi får bli med henne på universitetet og oppdager litt om hvordan det er å være grønn og oppvokst med en meget religiøs mann til far og en søster som mangler armer. Alle som har lest The Wizard of Oz husker the Wicked Witch of the West, og denne ekstremt velskrevne historien om hvem Elphaba kan ha vært er ikke bare høyst underholdende, men får oss til å tenke litt mer over forholdet mellom god og ond. Jeg synes denne boken rett og slett er ekstremt bra!