Gregory Maguire

Edición especial de la novela en la que se ha basado Wicked, la película protagonizada por Ariana Grande y Cynthia Erivo.En un pueblo de pescadores de Munchkinland, una región independiente de la tierra de Oz, nace la primera hija de Melena. Su marido, el parroco Frex, no puede estar con ella en tan delicado momento porque el Reloj del Dragon del Tiempo (un teatro de titeres), ha llegado al pueblo y sus espectaculos irreverentes y groseros estan haciendo estragos en la parroquia. La criatura se llama Elphaba, tiene la piel verde y unos dientes de tiburon con los que arranca un dedo de un mordisco a una mujer. No es cosa facil, ser la mala del cuento. Gregory Maguire visita en Wicked. Memorias de una bruja mala las entrañas de uno de los grandes cuentos de la historia y rescata a la niñita de piel verde llamada Elphaba, que crecera para convertirse en la Malvada Bruja del Oeste, una persona ingeniosa, irritable y poco comprendida que pone en tela de juicio todas nuestras nociones preconcebidas sobre la naturaleza del bien y del mal.

Fall under the WICKED spell with this beautiful new 30th anniversary hardbackThe 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 werent 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 isnt the haven shed dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizards power.And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands**This is the original novel by Gregory Maguire, first published in 1995. It is a reimagined prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and contains adult content.***Special limited Glinda design*Pink and white soft-touch hardback casing*Full-colour illustrated endpapers*Head and tail bands*Ribbon marker

What happened to those left behind when Alice went to Wonderland?From the bestselling author of WICKED...When Alice fell down the rabbit-hole, she found Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But how did Victorian Oxford react to Alice''s disappearance?Gregory Maguire turns his imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings -and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll''s enduring tale. Ada, a friend mentioned briefly in Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland, sets out to visit Alice but, arriving a moment too late, tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and bring her safely home from this surreal world below the world. The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts interrupt their mad tea party to suggest a conundrum: if Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or if Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life.Either way, everything that happens next is After Alice.

A farcical and imaginative novel by bestselling author Gregory Maguire

HIDDENSEE: A TALE OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE NUTCRACKER

Back in the land of Oz, the adolescent boy Liir was last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead, Liir is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by a silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba''s son? He has her broom and her cape - but what of her powers? In an Oz that, since the Wizard''s departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enought to grow up?

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.

An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn''t so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

Un gran fenómeno que, por fin, llega a España.En un pueblo de pescadores de Munchkinland, nace la primera hija de Melena. Su marido, el párroco Frex, no puede estar con ella en tan delicado momento porque el Relojo del Dragon del Tiempo (un teatro de titeres), ha llegado al pueblo y sus espectaculos irreverentes y groseros estan haciendo estragos en la parroquia. La criatura se llama Elphaba, tiene la piel verde y unos dientes de tiburon con los que arranca un dedo de un mordisco a una mujer. No es cosa facil, ser la mala del cuento. La niñita de piel verde llamada Elphaba, crecera para convertirse en la Bruja Mala, una persona ingeniosa, irritable y poco comprendida que pone en tela de juicio todas nuestras nociones preconcebidas sobra la naturaleza del bien y del mal.

Autor del bestseller Wicked. Memorias de una bruja mala. New York Times bestseller. UNA VERSIÓN MÁGICA Y FANTÁSTICA DEL CUENTO DE EL CASCANUECES«Una confección deliciosa, mística y mítica por el enca

UNA VERSIÓN MÇGICA Y FANTÇSTICA DEL CUENTO DE EL CASCANUECES "Una confección deliciosa, mística y mítica por el encantador de historias Maguire, Esplendida revisión del cuento popular que nos lleva a toques familiares y culturales en reinos que hacen a Freud palidecer. Maravillosa" Kirkus Reviews "El tono de Maguire es oscuro y encantador en su nueva revision del clasico, una historia poderosa de esperanza y redencion que seguro deleita a sus fans" Booklist "Encantador, mistico y llena de prodigio, es el cuento perfecto para adultos" People Magazine Gregory Maguire combina la leyenda del origen del Cascanueces con la vida de Drosselmeier, su creador.Tras transportar a sus seguidores a Oz gracias a Wicked y al Pais de Nunca Jamas con After Alice, Maguire nos lleva en esta ocasion a los reinos de los Hermanos Grimm y E.T.A. Hoffman, a la encantada Selva Negra de Baviera y a los salones de Mºnich. Hiddensee trata los origenes del Cascanueces: ¿como se tallo esta fascinante criatura? ¿Como acabo guiando a una niña enferma llamada Klara a un paraiso de ensueño en Nochebuena? Hiddensee no es una mera version de un cuento clasico. En el prospero romanticismo aleman, Maguire descubre un bosque emigrante perteneciente a un misterioso culto helenico y sopesa una cue

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...

No es fácil ser la mala del cuentoEn un pueblo de pescadores de Munchkinland nace Elphaba, un bebe de piel verde y dientes de tiburón con los que arranca los dedos a la comadrona. Elphaba crecerá para convertirse en la Malvada Bruja del Oeste, una persona ingeniosa, irritable y poco comprendida que pone en tela de juicio todas nuestras nociones preconcebidas sobre la naturaleza del bien y del mal.

An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn''t so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.