Gregory Maguire: Wicked - Die Hexen von Oz

Dt. v. Hans-Ulrich Möhring. D 2018, 544 S., Pb, € 13.36
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Klett-Cotta
Als seinerzeit Dorothy im klassischen »Der Zauberer von Oz« über die böse Hexe des Westens triumphierte, war das eben nur Dorothys Version der Geschichte. Aber was hat es nun mit der Hexe des Westens tatsächlich auf sich? Wie wurde sie nur so böse? »Wicked« erzählt die Vorgeschichte zu »Der Zauberer von Oz«, die es einem erschwert, das Land Oz auf ... Weiterlesen

Gregory Maguire: The Next Queen of Heaven

USA 2010, 347 pp., brochure, € 14.99
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Harper Collins
With the new millennium approaching, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues after being clocked by a Catholic statuette. Her daughter, Tabitha, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus?whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. ... Weiterlesen

Gregory Maguire: A Lion Among Men

UK 2009, 426 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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Headline - Wicked 3
In the 3rd volume of the »Wicked« years, we return to Oz, seen through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion. While civil war looms in Oz, an oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, the Cowardly Lion arrives searching for information about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's ... Weiterlesen

Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch

USA 2006, 337 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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10 years after the publication of »Wicked«, the author returns to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of a castle after what Dorothy did in the »Witch«. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But ... Weiterlesen

Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch

USA 2006, 337 pp., brochure, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
10 years after the publication of »Wicked«, the author returns to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of a castle after what Dorothy did in the »Witch«. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But ... Weiterlesen

Gregory Maguire: Wicked - The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

USA 2004, 409 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? Maguire creates a fantasy world so vivid that we will never look at the Oz the same ... Weiterlesen