Re: McKinley: Deerskin: Rewritings of fairytales

On Sat, 30 May 1998, Karen Chan wrote:

> 30th May, 1998. 1:31 a.m.
>
> This is one thing that really fascinates me about Robin McKinley; she can
> rewrite fairytales without changing their essential structure or plotlines.
> I think she really brings out latent elements of fairytales/folktales that
> make you see them in a different light.
>
Hey, if you like retellings, try out the "Fairy Tale Series" edited by
Terri Windling and someone else I can't remember. Several authors are part
of the series, the best one by far is "Snow White, Rose Red" (can't
remember her name either, sorry, amazon.com probably knows.)
Shan
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Received on Fri May 29 23:03:41 1998