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With the critically acclaimed novels The Gate To Women’s Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as “Sleeping Beauty,” Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair, magic and nature. Set against a backdrop both enchanted and frightening, the story begins with a wicked aunt’s curse that will afflict a young woman named Beauty on her sixteenth birthday. Though Beauty is able to sidestep tragedy, she soon finds herself embarked on an adventure of vast consequences. For it becomes clear that the enchanted places of this fantastic world–a place not unlike our own–are in danger and must be saved before it is too late.
ASIN : B00317G7JM
Publisher : Spectra; Reprint edition (December 18, 2009)
Publication date : December 18, 2009
Language : English
File size : 3.6 MB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 422 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0385419406
Customers say
Customers find the book’s fantasy realistic and interesting. They appreciate the blending of fairy tales with sci-fi, and the themes addressed in the novel. The writing quality is described as beautiful and poetic, and the author is considered serious. Readers describe the message as good, an allegory for mankind, and it leaves them with a sense of hope.
