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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

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Binding
Paperback
Weight
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Product Group
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ISBN
0060987103
Book Title
Wicked : the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked : the Inspiration for the Smash Broadway Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Pictures
Book Series
Wicked Years Ser.
Item Length
9.3 in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Gregory Maguire
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Fantasy / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Number of Pages
448 Pages, 432 Pages

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The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin--no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals--those creatures with voices, souls, and minds--are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals--even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name--one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel's distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire's Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060987103
ISBN-13
9780060987107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20432

Product Key Features

Book Title
Wicked : the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked : the Inspiration for the Smash Broadway Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Pictures
Author
Gregory Maguire
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Fantasy / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary
Publication Year
2000
Book Series
Wicked Years Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
448 Pages, 432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
1
Lc Classification Number
Ps3563.A3535w5 1995
Reviews
Maguire did something truly remarkable with this novel, in managing to inhabit, enlarge, deepen and find new dimensions in a world that had been invented by another writer, and in doing so make something entirely new. It's an astonishing achievement.
Copyright Date
1995
Lccn
95-000669
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Dewey Edition
22

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  • by georgirock_1
    Mar 22, 2024Top favorable review

    A cautionary tale of how to build a witch.

    After 7 decades as a witch I felt that I knew a great deal about definitions, expectations and myself. How wrong I was! I first read this author for the whimsical titles and to get a skewed view of classical tales. Now I read to find questions, to think the long thoughts required and to learn more about how we all find our most private of answers. Be wary, timid readers, and ward yourselves well.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by vicphil53
    Oct 16, 2017Top critical review

    A little disappointed

    When i bought this book I knew it was used. But didn't expect it to come with some water damage to the pages. It was rated as good and i realize that each one of us has a different perception of good but stains on the pages really!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books

  • by qCytlZR3The@Deleted
    Dec 09, 2007

    NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING...BUT VERY INTRIGUING

    I bought this book because of all the buzz surrounding it, (broadway play etc) Plus it was Halloween and my book club thought it would be fitting for this time of year. Boy were we surprised!It was much darker and seedier than we expected, and several people found it really hard to get into. I loved the whole "concept" of what formed what we have come to know as the "Wicked Witch of the West" and her sister as well, the Witch of the East, however I found many of the situations uncomfortable to read, especially those which were sexual in nature. I think the sex between the actual human beings was described beautifully,and was generally tasteful but the other depictions involving elaborate marionettes and live animals were vile and not even necessary to the plot of the ...

  • by nck12rothkr
    Jul 10, 2008

    Interesting

    The story was very good... almost not even about the Wizard of Oz tale, just using the general setting more than the specific story. The language the author used was very difficult to read, I read a LOT of books and I was very confused and frustrated the first few chapters with the language and words he was using to describe things; I couldn't tell what words were made up names and what were real words that I just didn't know. After a few chapters you get used to it though and get very much into the story! Can't wait to read another by this author to see how he writes in another story and the twist he puts on the original tale.

  • by salem-star
    Dec 23, 2011

    Beware of green elixir!

    I have always loved the Wicked Witch of the West. Had hoped for a better ending in the text if one is to take literary license to their own extreme. However, it is an interesting look from a different perspective than the original. It is easily read, and understood, enjoyed the cute enhanced version concerning the green elixir and explanation of the green skin. I had always assumed it was symbolic of being way beyond a "green thumb"! Tin lumberjacks would rust here in the PNW, as well, and a beehive sounds like a logical way to recycle old metal. Naturally, in the old days, mattresses actually WERE stuffed with hay, winowed grains and grasses. AND, the musical, by the way, based on this book, is worthy to see in person and has a better ending, as i recall. Seems to me, when i ...

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