Bibliograph

New world fairy tales, Cassandra Parkin

Type

Label

New world fairy tales, Cassandra Parkin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

New world fairy tales

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

905378687

Responsibility statement

Cassandra Parkin

Summary

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 more famous literary journey, undertaken long ago and in another world. Drawing on the original, unexpurgated tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, six of their most famous works are re-imagined in the rich and endlessly varied landscapes of contemporary America. From the glass towers of Manhattan to the remoteness of the Blue Ridge mountains; from the swamps

Table Of Contents

Interview #4; Interview #9; Interview #15; Interview #17; Interview #27; Interview #42; Acknowledgements

Target audience

adult

Classification