http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblo…
The Guardian is featuring fairy tales for an entire week, with “booklets of our best-loved fairy tales”), all of which can be read on the web. The writers who selected the stories for publication provide a guide to each set of tales. On October 10, for instance, Hilary Mantel wrote about “Wicked Parents in Fairytales.” On October 12, A.S. Byatt offered an exquisite meditation on “Love in Fairytales.” Philip Pullman, Alison Lurie, Marina Warner, Salman Rushdie, oh my! It doesn’t get better than that.
Here’s the promotional material:
Starting this weekend in the Guardian and the Observer, Great fairytales brings you the finest stories of morality, justice, triumph and enchantment from around the world, collected in seven themes: Wicked parents, Rags to riches, Love, Quests and riddles, Wisdom and folly, Justice and punishment and Beastly tales.
The stories are all nominated by a panel of critics, writers and experts on children’s literature: Anthony Browne, AS Byatt, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Robert Irwin, Alison Lurie, Adam Phillips, Philip Pullman, Salman Rushdie and Marina Warner.
Each collection is beautifully illustrated and includes an afterword from a range of leading writers exploring each theme.
Begin on Saturday with Wicked Parents which features Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and The Tale of the Juniper Tree.
Hi Maria,
Your “Hard Facts” inspired my latest novel, Dust City, so I wanted to send my acknowledgements. Thanks very much for writing such an informed and interesting book! Bettelheim’s “Uses” is certainly interesting, but I much prefer your historical approach; and thought you might be interested to hear this recent book review, one that mentions both you and your work:
http://wayofthewest.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/cbc-radio-review-of-dust-city/
Hope you’re well & very best,
RPW