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Gregory Maguire was born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Tufts University. He is a founder and co-director of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit mehr anzeigen educational charity established in 1987. He writes for both adults and children. His first book, The Lighting Time, was published in 1978. His adult works include Wicked, Confessions of and Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. The Broadway play Wicked is based on his book of the same title. His children's books include the picture book Crabby Cratchitt, the novel The Good Liar, and the Hamlet Chronicles series. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Das Buch gefiel mir sehr.
Dass es die Aschenputtelgeschichte zur Grundlage nimmt, ist sicher ganz interessant. Denn hier kann man gut entdecken, dass auch böse Stiefschwestern und -mütter ihre eigene Motivation haben. Doch das Buch gefiel mir weit über die Aschenputtelgeschichte hinaus, die ich mehr und mehr unwichtig fand, aufgrund seines Stils, der Genauigkeit der Beschreibung, gerade der Langsamkeit.
Außerdem mag ich Liebesgeschichten, und es erzählt ja neben allem anderen auch eine solche.… (mehr)
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