Gregory Maguire

Broschiertes Buch

Elphie

A Wicked Childhood

Beschreibung

Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born... ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves. Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold? Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning. The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic. It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Headline
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781035416400
• ISBN-10: 1035416409
• Artikelnr.: 69869586

Rezensionen

"Maguire enchants with his whimsical narrative voice and the detailed wonders of the world he's spent so many years playing in. This is a must-read for fans of both the original novel and the Broadway musical." - Publishers Weekly

"Hot on the heels of the first part of the film adaptation of the musical Wicked, a new prequel about Elphaba's childhood is on its way. . . . Fans of Elphaba and of Maguire's work will be thrilled to once again venture into Oz and discover new characters, cities, and adventures besides. . . . Elphie is an emotional coming-of-age story that thrums with injustice, regret, and the complicated characters who made a young girl into the serious, stubborn witch destined to take on all of Oz." - Booklist

(starred review)

"Maguire's expansive novels permit Elphie to express 50 shades of green-just as his brilliant reimagining of Oz as a cohesive world, replete with diverse cultures, religions and histories, enables him to explore contemporary social and political issues alongside perennial questions of morality and spirituality. . . . Elphie concludes as Elphaba embarks on her own prickly path of self-discovery far from the yellow brick road, in the process revealing an Oz that is uniquely Maguire's." - Wall Street Journal

Wicked superfans rejoice! Nearly 30 years after the release of the original Wicked novel, Gregory Maguire is telling the story of young Elphie-the future Wicked Witch of the West. Elphie is a coming-of-age tale about a unique girl. Shaped by her complex family and early life in Oz, Elphie's childhood is a bumpy road that leads her to the doors of Shiz University. Elphie is destined to be a witch-and this is her origin story. - Woman's Day Magazine