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My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me

Forty New Fairy Tales

by Kathryn Bernheimer, Carmen Gimenez Smith and Gregory Maguire

Paperback, 543 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $17 |

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The founder of the literary journal Fairy Tale Review collects stories inspired by classic fairy tales and written by top authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Francine Prose, Kevin Brockmeier, Shelley Jackson, Michael Cunningham, Aimee Bender and many more. Original.

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