tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post1827128129960322322..comments2024-03-29T08:02:27.722-04:00Comments on rapunzel jumped : hansel and gretelAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-33044951948910260192011-04-04T21:39:41.039-04:002011-04-04T21:39:41.039-04:00Better under a fairy spell than a bell jar.Better under a fairy spell than a bell jar.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-45954760043618612052011-04-04T12:58:23.802-04:002011-04-04T12:58:23.802-04:00She edited a couple of collections. Maybe 3 collec...She edited a couple of collections. Maybe 3 collections. I think she may have written some but it's been a long time since I read them and I don't remember. Or maybe I'm under a fairy spell.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690864162844927797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-6945037456666003452011-04-03T18:59:00.724-04:002011-04-03T18:59:00.724-04:00I recently finished reading Eden Robinson's Bl...I recently finished reading Eden Robinson's Blood Sports, which is inspired/influenced by the Hansel and Gretel story -- a modern re-telling, if you will.<br /><br />Though I didn't realize it until the end, when I read the author's .... eeep. whatever the name is for that: the author's.... explanation? Post-book wrap-up? Post-script? Probably "notes" or "acknowledgments". <br /><br />Anyway. When she revealed that it was Hansel & Gretel, it was like a little explosion in my head: of COURSE it was H&G, why did I not see that until I was told? <br /><br />I liked it very much, even before I realized it was a fairy tale. Very gruesome and incredibly disturbing. And perhaps I have just destroyed any possibility of your brain exploding (in a good way) if you are not familiar with that particular novel. <br /><br />Have you read Angela Carter's collections of fairy tale re-tellings?Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690864162844927797noreply@blogger.com