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Loading... Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction) (original 1995; edition 2007)by Gregory MaguireThis re-creation of the land of Oz, tells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Wicked just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. 11 alternates | English | Primary description for language | score: 195 Fiction.
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HTML:The New York Times bestseller that inspired the Tony-winning hit musical and major motion picture OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. "An astonishing achievement."—Philip Pullman. 18 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 186 Fiction.
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Maguire travels back to Frank L. Baum's land of Oz for this absorbing fantasy that delves into the background if the famed Wicked Witch of the West, a misunderstood creature who challenges the preconceived notions of good and evil. Unabridged. 4 alternates | English | score: 137 This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn't nearly as Wicked as we imagined. 14 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 132 Fantasy.
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HTML: The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel's distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire's Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. .17 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 115 A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. 9 alternates | English | score: 96 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? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability, and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil. 13 alternates | English | score: 50 Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz, rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in life that earns her the label of Wicked. 1 alternate | English | score: 49 Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death. 3 alternates | English | score: 30 A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as a nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. 5 alternates | English | score: 15 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?Gregory Maguire has created a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. 6 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 13 "When Dorothy triumphed over the so-called Wicked Witch of the West in Frank Baum's tales, we heard only Dorothy's side of the story. The Wicked Witch we think we know is the predictable, green-faced villainess straight out of MGM's imagination. But there's more to the story than that. Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked? Why shouldn't she want her sister's charmed shoes? And, most important, what is the true nature of evil?"--BOOK JACKET. "Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald green skin - no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or to overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. But Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters the university in Shiz, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens: her roommate Glinda, a dippy socialite with a knack for sorcery; Boq, the lovelorn Munchkin; Fiyero, a tribal prince from the primitive West of Oz; and Nessarose, Elphaba's beautiful, religiously witchy sister, who lacks nothing save two arms and the spirit of compassion."--BOOK JACKET. "Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals - those creatures with voices, souls, and minds - are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals - even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas."--BOOK JACKET. 8 alternates | English | score: 10 A fantasy story about the life of the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz" that challenges commonly held notions about the nature of good and evil. English | score: 6 A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
This re-creation of the land of Oz, tells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Wicked just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. 2 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 5 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz, we heard only Dorothy's side of the story. Maguire tells the other side - where the witch came from, why she was wicked and what is the true nature of evil. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4 Study Aids & Workbooks.
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These interactive study guides will help you discover and rediscover some of the greatest works of all time. For more info, check out http://www.shmoop.com/literature/ .1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4 The story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. 1 alternate | English | score: 3 "A special 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the ... multi-million-copy-bestselling novel and basis of the Tony Award-winning musical--including a new essay from Gregory Maguire on the nature of fantasy, 'The World at Hand, the World Next Door'"--Publisher marketing. English | score: 3 An adult fantasy novel about Oz which chronicles the Witch's odyssey through the complex world of Oz. English | score: 3 Elphaba, a green-skinned girl who will grow up to be the Wicked Witch of the West, challenges preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3 "Maguire did something truly remarkable with this novel, in managing to inhabit, enlarge, deepen and find new dimensions in a world that had been invented by another writer, and in doing so make something entirely new. It's an astonishing achievement." - A special 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the beloved multi-million-copy-bestselling novel and basis of the Tony Award-winning musical-including a new essay from Gregory Maguire on the nature of fantasy, "The World at Hand, the World Next Door." Gregory Maguire's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller redefines the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, viewing the world created by L. Frank Baum through a darker and greener lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers a radical new portrait of one of the most feared and despised villains in all of literature: the universally maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, in Maguire's imaginative retelling, isn't nearly as black-hearted as we imagined. 1 alternate | English | score: 3 Page To Screen: Soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West, 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? And what is the true nature of evil? 2 alternates | English | score: 3 **A stunning special hardback edition of WICKED** The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon. Major, much-anticipated movie coming to the big screen this November. In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren't told the whole story? Long before Dorothy follows the yellow brick road and triumphs over the Wicked Witch of the West, a little girl with emerald-green skin is born in the land of Oz. Elphaba grows up to be smart and prickly, a lonely outsider with an extraordinary talent for magic. Arriving at university, she dares to believe she might finally fit in. But Oz isn't the haven she'd dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizard's power. And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands... Fall under the WICKED spell this year. *Holofoil design *Soft-touch hardback casing *Full-colour illustrated endpapers *Head and tail bands *Ribbon marker English | score: 3 This recreation of the land of Oz tells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who was not so wicked after all. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 "Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald=green skin--no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine... The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals--those creatures with voices, souls, and minds--are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals--even it if means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance."--Jacket flap. 1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, we heard only one side of the story. But what of her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Long before Dorothy drops in, a girl is born in Oz with emerald-green skin. Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous witch, is a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived ideas about the nature of sood and evil. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 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? And what is the true nature of evil? This fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz, rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in life that earns her the label of Wicked. English | score: 2 When Dorothy triumphed over the so called Wicked Witch of the West in Frank Baum's tales, we heard only Dorothy's side of the story. The Wicked Witch we think we know is the predictable, green faced villainess straight out of MGM's imagination. But there's more to the story than that. Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked? Why shouldn't she want her sister's charmed shoes? And, most important, what is the true nature of evil? 1 alternate | English | score: 2 More than just a fairy tale for adults, this is a meditation on the nature of good and evil. Elphaba is born with green skin, a precocious mind, and a talent for magic. An outcast throughout her childhood in Munchkinland, she finally begins to feel as though she fits in when she enters the University in the Emerald City. While she hones her skills, she discovers that Oz isn't the Utopia it seems. She sets out to protect its unwanted creatures, becoming known as the Wicked Witch along the way. English | score: 2 "It's impossible to deny the magic of Gregory Maguire."--New York Newsday A special 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the beloved multi-million-copy-bestselling novel and basis of the Tony Award-winning musical. Gregory Maguire's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller redefines the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, viewing the world created by L. Frank Baum through a darker and greener lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers a radical new portrait of one of the most feared and despised villains in all of literature: the universally maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, in Maguire's imaginative retelling, isn't nearly as black-hearted as we imagined. English | score: 2 Fantasy.
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HTML: December 1, 2003 This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn't nearly as Wicked as we imagined. .English | score: 2 Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil. Elphaba is born with green skin, a precocious mind, and a talent for magic. An outcast throughout her childhood in Munchkinland, she finally begins to feel as though she fits in when she enters the University in the Emerald City. While she hones her skills, she discovers that Oz isn't the Utopia it seems. She sets out to protect its unwanted creatures, becoming known as the Wicked Witch along the way. Narrator John McDonough draws you in to Maguire's magical world of witches and talking animals, making it possible to believe in a land somewhere over the rainbow. English | score: 2 Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, has gotten a bum rap. Her mother is embarrassed and repulsed by her bright-green baby with shark's teeth and an aversion to water. At college, the coed experiences disapproval and rejection by her roommate, Glinda, a silly girl interested only in clothes, money, and popularity. Elphaba is a serious and inquisitive student. When she learns that the Wizard of Oz is politically corrupt and causing economic ruin, Elphaba finds a sense of purpose to her life--to stop him and to restore harmony and prosperity to the land. English | score: 1 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West, we heard only her side of the story. This, however, is the story of that witch - told in such a way that we will never look at Oz in the same way again. It is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated as first-class citizens, the Tin Man becomes the victim of domestic violence, and a little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the Wicked Witch of the West. English | score: 1 Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked? Why shouldn't she want her sister's charmed shoes? And, most importantly, what is the true nature of evil? English | score: 1 Based on the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, this creates her story as a misunderstood being who challenges the line between good and evil. Includes a Reader's Group guide. English | score: 1 Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. English | score: 1 When Dorothy triumphed over the so-called Wicked Witch of the West in Frank Baum's tales, we heard only Dorothy's side of the story. The Wicked Witch we think we know is the predictable, green-faced villainess straight out of MGM's imagination. But there's more to the story than that. Where did the Wicked Witch come from? How exactly was she wicked? Why shouldn't she want her sister's charmed shoes? And, most important, what is the true nature of evil?
Following the traditions of Gabriel Garci?a Ma?rquez, John Gardner, and J. R. R. Tolkien, Wicked is a richly woven tale that takes us to the other, darker side of the rainbow as novelist Gregory Maguire chronicles the Witch's odyssey through the complex world of Oz - where people call you wicked if you tell the truth.
Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald green skin - no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or to overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. But Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters the university in Shiz, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens: her roommate Glinda, a dippy socialite with a knack for sorcery; Boq, the lovelorn Munchkin; Fiyero, a tribal prince from the primitive West of Oz; and Nessarose, Elphaba's beautiful, religiously witchy sister, who lacks nothing save two arms and the spirit of compassion.
Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals - those creatures with voices, souls and minds - are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals - even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas
In Wicked, Gregory Maguire has taken the largely unknown world of Oz and populated it with the power of his own imagination. Fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining, this is a novel of vision and re-vision. Oz will never be the same again. - Dust jacket.
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. English | score: 1 She was born with green skin, sharklike teeth, and a deep aversion to water. She was prickly and difficult, and even her own mother was repulsed by her. Growing up, Elphaba was a serious child with a mind like a cat---slinking everywhere, poking her willful snout into curiousities, as often as not finding them wanting. When, at 17, she's packed off to the University at Shiz, she meets and is at first rejected by the high-born Galinda, a vain and vapid society girl who cares for nothing but appearances. But when a Goat scientist is murdered at the school, Elphie and Galinda bond in friendship, changed by the event. Elphie always challenged the way she found the world, but now she positively chomps at the bit to right the wrongs. And lately, there is so much wrong in the land of Oz. It all has to do with the Wizard. That usurper of thrones. That oppressor of Animals. That despotic imposer of unjust laws. Under his corrupt and brutal rule, the land roils with unrest, while the sentient Animals are confined back on farms, as a sop to the landowners. Elphie, a misfit herself, makes it her mission to protect them, even if it means fighting the Wizard himself. But she has no idea of the high cost of her idealism---a price that will make her glad to be called a witch, and grateful for a girl named Dorothy. English | score: 1 Set in the magical land of Oz before and up to the arrival of Dorothy and company, this novel of the other, darker side of the rainbow chronicles the Witch's odyssey. English | score: 1 A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as a nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. English | score: 1 This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times WickedWicked as we imagined. English | score: 1 She reveled in her "beautiful wickedness," but how did she get that way? The author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister turns his curiosity on the Wicked Witch of the West. This richly woven tale focuses on free-spirited Elphaba and her odyssey through Oz, where people call you wicked if you tell the truth. Now a Broadway musical. "An outstanding work of imagination." -- USA Today. English | score: 1 The story of a little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil. English | score: 1 Presents the life and times of Elphaba, also known as Malvada Bruja del Oeste, whose own mother is embarrassed by her looks and who is rejected by her college roommate, Galinda. English | score: 1 The stunning novel that casts a spell over every reader and inspired a phenomenally successful musical. English | score: 1 The Book Club Kit consists of a set of 10 paperback copies of Wicked, a tote bag, a luggage tag (with barcode), a reading group discussion guide, and a sign-out sheet. This Book Club Kit is meant to be checked-out by a single patron who will sign-out the book copies to members of their book club for a duration of 2 months or 60 days.
Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin - no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals - those creatures with voices, souls, and minds - are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals - even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. English | score: 1 In the Land of Oz a girl is born with strange green skin: Elphaba, the girl who would grow up to become the Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba's emerald green skin becomes a burden as she grows up in Oz, where magic and superstition are just as strong as the floods and famine of nature. When the Wizard's secret police begin threatening the talking Animals with exile, Elphaba risks her chance at love and happiness to protect them. English | score: 1 "In Maguire's Oz, Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, is not wicked; nor is she a formally schooled witch. Instead, she's an insecure, unfortunately green Munchkinlander who's willing to take radical steps to unseat the tyrannical Wizard of Oz"--P.W. English | score: 1 Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. English | score: 1 "In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin - no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals - those creatures with voices, souls, and minds - are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals - even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas." -- Back cover.
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender. English | score: 1 Wicked deals with the history of Falbala, a girl rare and green skin, daughter of a pastor who is dedicated to preaching the world of God Innominado among the poorest of the inhabitants of Oz. Falbala is not only the daughter of a pastor errabundo also is the direct heir of a great lord of the land of Munchkins, and a rather rebellious collegent student who dreams of deposing the tryant of Oz and return to the good old days. English | score: 1 We learned about the Wicked Witch of the West from Wizard of Oz...but what about this mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? English | score: 1 In a land where animals talk and demand to be treated like citizens, Wicked is a fantasy world that will change the views of Oz forever. Recreating the history of the woman who would become the Wicked Witch of the West, the Oz canon is transformed into a compelling, complex universe. English | score: 1 Elphabas Geburt ist von einem Geheimnis begleitet, sie kam mit einer leuchtend grĂĽnen Haut zur Welt. Das eigensinnige Mädchen, das anders ist als die anderen, erlebt eine äuĂźerst turbulente Kindheit: der Vater ein aufrechter und strenger Prediger, die Mutter eine leichtlebige Schönheit, dem Alkohol und den Männern zugetan. Während Elphaba an der Universität von Shiz Biologie studiert, ist der Zauberer von Oz dabei, die Rechte der »TIERE« – die im Gegensatz zu den einfachen Tieren sprechen können und eine Seele haben – beängstigend einzuschränken. Aber auĂźer Elphaba scheint sich kaum jemand daran zu stören.In dem Oz von Maguire ist Elphaba, die »Böse Hexe des Westens«, gar nicht so böse, und sie ist auch keine richtige Hexe. Sie begegnet uns als eigenwillige Bewohnerin von Munchkinland, die radikale Schritte unternimmt, um den tyrannischen Zauberer von Oz zu stĂĽrzen ...Stimmen zum Buch»Halten Sie einen Platz frei im Regal zwischen ›Alice im Wunderland‹ und ›Der Hobbit‹ – es lohnt sich.« Kirkus Review»Bewitching« Chicago Tribune»Was muss ich tun?«, fragte das Mädchen.»Die Böse Hexe des Westens töten«, erwiderte Oz. L. Frank Baum German | Primary description for language | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3 »Wicked« erzählt die aufregende Vorgeschichte des »Zauberers von Oz«. »... Mit seinem beeindruckenden bunten, lebendigen Schreibstil lässt Maguire ein Land auferstehen, das dem von Oz gleicht, aber mit witzigen und zynischen Charakteren aufwartet. Eine literarische Traumreise.« (eclipsed, 05/08) Als Dorothy im »Zauberer von Oz« ĂĽber die Böse Hexe des Westens triumphierte, bekamen wir nur ihre Version der Geschichte erzählt. Aber was ist mit der geheimnisvollen Hexe selbst? Woher kam sie? Wie wurde sie so böse? Und nicht zuletzt: Wie gut ist das Gute und wie böse das Böse? Elphabas Geburt ist von einem Geheimnis begleitet, sie kam mit einer leuchtend grĂĽnen Haut zur Welt. Das eigensinnige Mädchen, das anders ist als die anderen, erlebt eine äuĂźerst turbulente Kindheit: der Vater ein aufrechter und strenger Prediger, die Mutter eine leichtlebige Schönheit, dem Alkohol und den Männern zugetan. Während Elphaba an der Universität von Shiz Biologie studiert, ist der Zauberer von Oz dabei, die Rechte der »TIERE« - die im Gegensatz zu den einfachen Tieren sprechen können und eine Seele haben - beängstigend einzuschränken. Aber auĂźer Elphaba scheint sich kaum jemand daran zu stören. In dem Oz von Maguire ist Elphaba, die »Böse Hexe des Westens«, gar nicht so böse, und sie ist auch keine richtige Hexe. Sie begegnet uns als eigenwillige Bewohnerin von Munchkinland, die radikale Schritte unternimmt, um den tyrannischen Zauberer von Oz zu stĂĽrzen ... Stimmen zum Buch »Spannend geschrieben, trotz des ernsten, mitunter beklemmenden Grundtons nicht ohne Humor und auf jeden Fall die unbedingt lesenswerte Vorgeschichte eines Kinderbuchklassikers.« Maren Bonacker (Bulletin Jugend & Literatur, 01.12.2008) »... Doch im Gegensatz zur stark vereinfachten BĂĽhnenvariante bietet der Roman von Gregory Maguire ein neues und vielschichtiges Bild der altvertrauten Figur. Denn die "Böse Hexe des Westens" ist ein Mensch mit WĂĽnschen, SehnsĂĽchten und Ă„ngsten. Sie liebt, hofft kämpft und scheitert. Oz ist kein verträumtes Zauberland, sondern ein von Intrigen und Kämpfen durchzogenes Land. So wie unsere Welt im wirklichen Leben.« Peter M Hetzel (Schweizer Illustrierte, 4.02.2008) »Halten Sie einen Platz frei im Regal zwischen "Alice im Wunderland" und "Der Hobbit" - es lohnt sich.« Kirkus Review »Bewitching« Chicago Tribune »Was muss ich tun?«, fragte das Mädchen. »Die Böse Hexe des Westens töten«, erwiderte Oz. L. Frank Baum Das Rekord-Musical seit 15. November im Palladium-Theater in Stuttgart Weitere Informationen zum Musical unter: www.wicked-welt.de German | score: 1 Rez.: Der "Zauberer von Oz" gehört in den USA zu den beliebtesten KinderbĂĽchern. Eine Figur daraus: "die böse Hexe des Westens" wird hier zur Hauptfigur des Romans. Elphaba kommt mit grĂĽner Haut zur Welt und bleibt ihr Leben lang eine AuĂźenseiterin. Sie ist keineswegs böse, sie will sich nur nicht den tyrannischen Gesetzen des Zauberers von Oz beugen, der das Land mit harter Hand regiert. In ihrem Kampf fĂĽr die Rechte der Menschen und TIERE, die in Oz Verstand und Sprache besitzen, gerät sie immer mehr in Gefahr. Zauberei und Hexerei muss sie sich mĂĽhsam beibringen, um siegreich zu sein. Der amerikanische Autor hat hier, wie schon in einem frĂĽheren Buch (vgl. BA 3/01), den märchenhaften Stoff benutzt, um etwas völlig Neues zu schaffen. Inhaltlich anspruchsvoll, enthält der Text satirische Anspielungen, die den deutschen Lesern nicht unbedingt geläufig sein werden. Brauchbar und besonders dort einsetzbar, wo das Musical läuft und die CD dazu zu erwerben ist (derzeit in Stuttgart). (Ilse Nebelung). German | score: 1 En un pueblo de pescadores de Munchkinland, una regiĂłn independiente de la tierra de Oz, nace la primera hija de Melena. Su marido, el párroco Frex, no puede estar con ella en tan delicado momento porque el Reloj del DragĂłn del Tiempo (un teatro de tĂteres), ha llegado al pueblo y sus espectáculos irreverentes y groseros están haciendo estragos en la parroquia. La criatura se llama Elphaba, tiene la piel verde y unos dientes de tiburĂłn con los que arranca un dedo de un mordisco a una mujer. No es cosa fácil, ser la mala del cuento. Gregory Maguire visita en Wicked. Memorias de una bruja mala las entrañas de uno de los grandes cuentos de la historia y rescata a la niñita de piel verde llamada Elphaba, que crecerá para convertirse en la Malvada Bruja del Oeste, una persona ingeniosa, irritable y poco comprendida que pone en tela de juicio todas nuestras nociones preconcebidas sobre la naturaleza del bien y del mal. 3 alternates | Spanish | Primary description for language | score: 12 Cuando Dorothy triunf sobre la Malvada Bruja del Oeste en el cuento clfsico de L. Frank Baum, solo supimos su lado de la historia. )Pero qu_ de su enemiga primordial, la misteriosa bruja? )De d nde vino? )Qu_ fue lo que la volvi tan mala? )Cufl es la verdadera naturaleza de la maldad? Gregory Maguire crea un mundo de fantas a tan rebosante y v vido que nunca veremos a Oz de la misma manera. Wicked describe una tierra en donde los animales hablan y aspiran a ser tratados como los ciudadanos de clase alta, los munchkins buscan la comodidad y estabilidad de la clase media y el Hombre de Hojalata se convierte en v ctima de la violencia dom_stica. Luego tenemos a la ni_a de piel verde llamada Elphaba-quien crecerf y se convertirf en la famosa Malvada Bruja del Oeste-una criatura inteligente, espinosa y malentendida que desaf a todas nuestras nociones preconcebidas sobre la naturaleza del bien y el mal. Spanish | score: 2 
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