by Tanith Lee
This collection of reworked fairy tales was fascinating and thought-provoking. They are arranged so that each story is set in a different time and different places. The Paid Piper is set in Asia in the last century B.C., Red As Blood in 14th century Europe, Thorns in 15th century Eurasia, When The ...
Retellings of classic fairytales. Lots of inversions of good and evil, twisted religious/mythological allegories, poetic imagery, and deliciously ambiguous gorgeousness. A re-read for me.
Not so keen on old stories being revamped
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