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Son of a Witch de Gregory Maguire

Son of a Witch: Wicked Years

Autor Gregory Maguire
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2024
The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire’sSon of a Witch—the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. ANew York Timesbestseller like its predecessor, the remarkableWicked, Son of a Witchfollows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz—a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of theEmerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure,Son of a Witchis a true wonder.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063398368
ISBN-10: 0063398362
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: b&w illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 134 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
Seria Wicked Years

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The global bestselling series that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.

The sequel to Wicked - now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation.

**Book 2 in a new collector's edition of the WICKED YEARS quartet, with stunning 'vintage' variant cover artwork**

On the night the Witch dies, nobody really notices the boy hiding in the shadows of the castle.

Ten years later, in the land of Oz, the young man Liir is discovered bruised, comatose and left for dead. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda, he is tended to by a silent novice called Candle who wills him back to life with her musical gifts.

What dark force left Liir in this condition? Could he be the son of the Wicked Witch of the West? He has her broom and her cape - but what of Elphaba's powers?

And now that Oz is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?

Fall under the WICKED spell this year . . .

'Even more wicked than Wicked!'

'So full of action and adventure'

'You've got to read this!'

Notă biografică

Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked?the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award?winning Broadway musical of the same name?Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England.

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The long-anticipated sequel to the million-copy bestselling novelWicked
Ten years after the publication ofWicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts.
What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape -- but what of her powers? Can he find his supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison, Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?
For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz,Son of a Witchis the rich reward they have awaited so long.

Recenzii

“Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn.” — New York Times
“A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil.” — Library Journal
“Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining.” — Boston Globe
“Maguire’s captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness.” — People
“As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be.” — Entertainment Weekly
For Wicked: “I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story.” — —Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True
“An amazing novel.” — —John Updike
“Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit—that spot is well deserved.” — —Kirkus Reviews