Truly Grim Tales - Softcover

Galloway, Priscilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773758461 ISBN 13: 9780773758469

Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1996

Synopsis

Cinderella's princely suitor has a foot fetish;

Rumpelstiltskin deliberately lets his name be known to the hapless miller's daughter, who - unknown to her - is really Rumpelstiltskin's daughter;

Snow White's stepmother, who comes from an abusive home, worked at a slaughterhouse before winning a beauty contest.

Priscilla Galloway broodingly revisits eight classic fairy tales, prowling about their dark corners to lay in additional helpings of pain and loss.

About this title

From the Publisher:

These eight chilling tales are based on the well-known fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen. Each offers perspective that is hideously fascinating, startlingly imaginative, and beautifully written. In a futuristic retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" a young girl named Ruby inhabits a frightening world in which clever mutated beasts stalk humans. In a poignant version of "Jack and the Beanstalk" the giantess explains her people's urgent need for the ground bones of the lesser species they hunt. Fantastical yet terrifyingly believable, Priscilla Galloway's Truly Grim Tales will forever change the way readers view these familiar childhood stories.

From the Inside Flap:

Based on the well-known fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen, these retellings will intrigue and disturb readers. From a futuristic "Little Red Riding Hood" in which giant clams and carnivorous beasts stalk humans, to the real reason why the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" needs to eat human bones, to a version of "Snow White" told from the wicked stepmother's point of view, fans of fairy and folk tales will find much to interest them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0773758461
• ISBN 13: 9780773758469
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132