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Sto caricando le informazioni... Drown: A Twisted Take on the Classic Fairy Tale (originale 2015; edizione 2015)di Esther Dalseno (Autore)
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Belonging to a race that is mostly animal with little humanity, a world obsessed with beauty where morality holds no sway, a little mermaid escapes to the ocean's surface. Discovering music, a magnificent palace of glass and limestone, and a troubled human prince, she is driven by love to consult the elusive sea-witch who secretly dominates the entire species of merfolk. Upon paying an enormous price for her humanity, the little mermaid begins a new life, uncovering secrets of sexuality and the Immortal Soul. As a deadly virus threatens to contaminate the bloodstreams of the whole merfolk race, the little mermaid must choose between the lives of her people, the man she loves, or herself. A complete reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, this is a magical-realist fable that captures the essence of sacrifice and the price of humanity. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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It's dark, disturbing and as the title states twisted. I loved it.
I haven't read Hans Christian Andersen's original tale so I went into this knowing only that there wouldn't be a happy ending for the little mermaid and her prince. And as much as I loved the Disney movie growing up, I enjoyed this just as much if not more.
The little mermaid makes a deal with the sea witch to become human and marry her prince only nothing works out as she intended. She eventually learns that just because she gave up everything for him, the prince does not owe her anything and he does not love her as she assumed he did. It's a heartbreaking revelation yet it's also an important lesson to learn.
From the history of the sea witch and how mermaids came to be, to the little mermaids adjustment to living on land everything in this story blends so wonderfully. Drown is an incredibly well written and descriptive read. I can't recommend it enough. ( )