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

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

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

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Following the traditions of Gabriel Garcma Marquez, 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 Wicked Witch of the West'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. 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 deterClick Here for More Info


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Key Information

  • Authors
    Gregory Maguire
  • Narrator
    John McDonough
  • Illustrator
    Douglas Smith
  • Fiction Genre
    Juvenile Fiction
  • Fiction Subgenre
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Professional Reviews

  • Professional Reviews
    Lamb, Wally:"I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story....Elphaba--the Wicked Witch of the West--is as scary as ever, but this time in a different way; She's undeniably human. She's us."

Book Editions

  • Book Editions
    Paperback448March 01, 2004Regan Books9.5"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 2.25"(d), 1.15 lbs.9780060745905