A Wild Swan : And Other Tales (Hardcover)

from niaomiya

Michael Cunningham's clever twists on traditional fairy tales provides not-for-the-kids entertainment in macabre and dark fashion. Although we all know that even the traditional fairy tales were sanitized for children (they are all really rather dark and violent by nature), Cunningham's take on s...

from Welsh_eileen2

A well re imagined modern take on the fairy tales of my childhood although I don't think I shall be reading them to my future grandchildren!My favourite is Rumpelstiltskin, written from the goblin's point of view.The Yuko Shimizu artwork is stunning and really makes the stories come alive for me....

from pomo58

This review is for the audio version of Michael Cunningham's A Wild Swan. I am a fan of retelling a familiar story from either a different perspective (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) or with a different emphasis, which this collection does with several fairy tales. This collection succeed...

from thewanderingjew

"A Wild Swan: And Other Tales" by Michael Cunningham; Lili Taylor and Billy Hough, narrators This brief, clever and creative re-imagining of childhood fairytales for adults is entertaining. I found some interesting, some humorous, some philosophical and some, truthfully, a bit pointless. Still, i...

from Beamis12

Not the usual type of book I read but am willing to try anything written by this author. To my surprise I enjoyed it very much. Taking many of our beloved fairytale and giving them a very inventive modern twist was pure entertainment. Many were extremely amusing, so very clever. But..... while Cu...