Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Garner, James Finn

ISBN 10: 002542730X / ISBN 13: 9780025427303

Published by MacMillan, New York, 1994

About this Item

A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Bound In brown cloth with tan paper-covered boards. SIGNED by author James Finn Garner directly on the half-title page; With the humorous retelling of these thirteen beloved tales, Garner proposes to create 'meaningful literature that is totally free from bias and purged from the influence of its flawed cultural past.' (From the Introduction) Titles include: Little Red Riding Hood, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, Chicken Little and The Pied Piper of Hamelin. This is Garner's first book; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 20156

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: MacMillan, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 002542730X
• ISBN 13: 9780025427303
• Binding: 1/4 Cloth
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Comedy and Humor
  • Signed First Editions
  • First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

A whimsical adaptation of classic fairy tales and bedtimes stories removes all kinds of bias and objectionable language from such traditional tales as "Chicken Little," "Rapunzel," "The Three Little Pigs," "Cinderella," and others

Reviews

In this thin book Garner proposes to create "meaningful literature that is totally free from bias and purged from the influence of its flawed cultural past." The results are extremely funny. Updated to account for modern political sensibilities, these revisionist folktales reflect wit and an engaging knack for irony. In "Little Red Riding Hood," Grandma exacts her feminist revenge on the woodchopper, who "assumes that womyn and wolves can't solve their own problems without a man's help." In "The Frog Prince," the princess, now an "eco-feminist warrior," discovers that her dream frog is not a prince, but a real-estate developer. In other tales, Rapunzel becomes a self-reliant coffee-house singer and the Three Little Pigs armed guerrillas, while cultural imperialists such as The Big Bad Wolf and Goldilocks get what has been coming to them for centuries. The author strikes just the right tone here: clever, with more than a touch of self-awareness. And while each of these tales is short and easily digestible, in this case quickly read does not equal quickly forgotten. After one finishes this collection, "happily ever after" will never seem quite the same.
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