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• New World Fairy Tales
• Cassandra Parkin
• English
• 22 January 2017
• 9781844718818

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free read New World Fairy Tales review New World Fairy Tales Ò eBook or Kindle ePUB In contemporary America an un named college student sets out on an obsessive journey of discovery to collect and record the life stories of total strangers The interviews that follow have echoes of another far famous literary journey undertaken long ago and in another worldDrawing on the original unexpurga. Surprisingly good real life stories with just a gentle touch evoking fairy tales we all know Mostly Grimm s brothers ones What s makes it even interesting although on the other hand a bit too straightforward are political and social themes running through out those stores White cops crimes on Afro Americans corporations sucking every bit of life you have in you and throwing you out like a pice of garbage celebrities culture etc Having said all of that it was a good and smooth introduction to fable inspired literature The 7 Components of Transformative Organizing Theory record the life stories of total strangers The interviews that follow have echoes of another far famous literary journey undertaken long ago and in another worldDrawing on the original unexpurga. Surprisingly good The Big Golden Book of Poetry real life stories with just a gentle touch evoking fairy tales we all know Mostly Grimm s brothers ones What s makes it even interesting although on the other hand a bit too straightforward are political and social themes

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free read New World Fairy Tales review New World Fairy Tales Ò eBook or Kindle ePUB Ew World Fairy Tales reclaims the fairy tale for the modern adult audience A haunting blend of romance and realism these stripped back narratives of human experience are the perfect read for anyone who has read their child a bedtime fairy story and wondered who ever said these were stories meant for childr. New World Fairy Tales is a collection of short stories influenced by the Grimm Brothers fairy tales set in the new world chronologically as well as geographically It is also the winner of Salt s 2011 Scott Prize for a debut collection of short stories I must confess that I didn t have high expectations it seemed a rather hackneyed concept what could possibly be extracted from these stories that hasn t already been exploited by Disney or parodied by Dahl Although who doesn t appreciate Red Riding Hood whipping a pistol from her knickers Cassandra Parkin s interpretations however are fresh and inventive without losing the enchantment of the original talesThe stories take the form of interviews and are not named but numbered Interview 4 9 15 17 27 and 42 respectively I m not sure if there is meant to be a message in that particular seuence they are similar to the magic seuence of numbers in Lost 4 8 15 16 23 and 42 and they end on the portentous 42 which is the answer to the ultimate uestion in The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy but I digress The interviewer is an un named college student touring the US collecting stories The interviewees are sometimes reluctant to cooperate but there is always a story to be wheedled out of them They are all told in the first person and as an English person writing American voices Parkin is very convincingThe first interview immediately demonstrates how these stories differentiate themselves The setting is evocative New Orleans during Mardi Gras The characters seem familiar two stepdaughters a step mother but where is Cinderella There is an interesting twist the step mother is the Cinderella of this version exploited by her step daughters It was not my favourite story but it encouraged me to continue exploring Parkin s world It is another universe that she has imagined the settings are earthy and grounded but the stories convey an air of wonder that is other worldly the stuff of fairy tales and yet somehow they do not lose their sense of authenticity They are incredibly engaging This is uite an achievement particularly for short stories A lot of contemporary short stories in their endings specifically seem to tend towards rather dire kitchen sink realism Happy endings have fallen out of favour Parkin s stories unabashedly defy this trend this is not even deus ex machina this is magic And we believe in her endings we become the audience clapping our hands to prove that we do believe in fairiesPart of the fun of these stories is figuring out which original fairy tale is being referenced some of them are easier to spot than others One of them I m still not sure about I will try not to spoil all the surprises but one of the most straight forward conversions is found in Interview 9 the Three Little Pigs become three corrupt cops pursued by a vengeful lupine goddess and boy does she blow their houses down Some of the links are a lot tenuous than this though this is no paint by numbers homage My favourite one has a Rapunzel connection but the story charts its own course meandering through the forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains and a love story that spans twenty years Its protagonist Cornelia is a sculptor who moulds her life as her art with great patience and serenity I found Cornelia to be one of the most interesting characters perhaps because the vast scope of this story allows us to follow the development of her sense of identity and her creativity The final story in this collection is a contemporary Snow White that is moving and captivating than either of the recent Hollywood versionsNew World Fairy Tales is immensely enjoyable and utterly compelling I was drawn into each world and into the concerns of each of the characters I would highly recommend itThis review was first published on the Writers Hub wwwwritershubcouk The Love of a Latino reclaims the fairy tale for the modern adult audience A haunting blend of Other Days Other Eyes romance and Deception Island realism these stripped back narratives of human experience are the perfect The Family The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power read for anyone who has The First Partition of Poland read their child a bedtime fairy story and wondered who ever said these were stories meant for childr. 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