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The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
Series: TALES FROM THE TOWER
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See moreSix writers have taken inspiration from stories that have shaped us all, like 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'The Snow Queen'. This collection carries universal themes of envy and jealousy, deception and abandonment, control and power, courage and sacrifice, violence and deception.
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Six writers - Margo Lanagan, Rosie Borella, Isobelle Carmody, Richard Harland, Margaret Mahy, and Martine Murray - have taken inspiration from stories that have shaped us all, like 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', and 'The Snow Queen'. This collection carries universal themes of envy and jealousy, deception and abandonment, control and power, courage and sacrifice, violence and deception.
Characters are enchanted, they transgress, they yearn, they hunger, they hate and sometimes, they kill. Some of the stories inhabit a traditional fairytale world, while others are set in the distant future. Some are set in the present and some in an alternative present.
The stories in The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) offer no prescription for living or moral advice and none belong in a nursery. Open the covers and submit to their enchantment.
Series: TALES FROM THE TOWER
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The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
Six writers - Margo Lanagan, Rosie Borella, Isobelle Carmody, Richard Harland, Margaret Mahy, and Martine Murray - have taken inspiration from stories that have shaped us all, like 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier', and 'The Snow Queen'. This collection carries universal themes of envy and jealousy, deception and abandonment, control and power, courage and sacrifice, violence and...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) has been praised for its ability to balance the old with the new, creating stories that are both enchanting and frightening. Reviewers note that the authors bring a rich psychological depth to all characters, including villains, transforming them into compelling and sometimes unsettling voices.
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ISBN: 9781742374406
Publisher: A&U Children's
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2011
Country: Australia
Imprint: A&U Children
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 370g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Isobelle Carmody has had over 30 books and many short stories published. She is now working on the last book of her award-winning fantasy series, The Obernewtyn Chronicles, and on a second collection of her own short stories, titled Metro Winds. She lives between Prague in Central Europe and her home on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, with her partner and daughter.
Nan McNab is a writer and editor whose books include Body Bizarre Body Beautiful and Victoria's Market. She lives in Airey's Inlet, Victoria.
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