The merry spinster : tales of everyday horror / Mallory Ortberg.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Holt Paperbacks/Henry Holt and Company, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 190 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250113429
- 1250113423
- Tales of everyday horror
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Ortberg, Mallory | Available | 33111008712339 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection." -- The New York Times Book Review
Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from Jane Eyre . Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster twists traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected and frequently alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night.
"A collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales."--Front flap.
Includes bibliographical references.
The daughter cells -- The thankless child -- Fear not: an incident log -- The six boy-coffins -- The rabbit -- The merry spinster -- The wedding party -- Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr.Toad -- Cast your bread upon the waters -- The frog's princess -- Good fences make good neighbors.