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Can't catch me and other twice-told tales
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Can't catch me and other twice-told tales

Author: Michael Cadnum
Publisher: San Francisco : Tachyon, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st ed
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A collection of eighteen twisted classic folktales that includes an unrepentent Gingerbread Man of the title story, a crusading Goldilocks, and a giant's wife who simply wants Jack out of the picture so she and her mate can write poetry.
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Genre/Form: Fantasy fiction
Adaptations
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Cadnum
ISBN: 1892391333 9781892391339 0786701358 9780786701353
OCLC Number: 68941984
Description: vii, 181 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Bear it away --
Can't catch me --
Hungry --
Mrs. Big --
Give him the eye --
Medusa --
P-bird --
Or be to not --
Ella and the canary prince --
Toad-rich --
Flounder's kiss --
Bite the hand --
Daphne --
Naked little men --
Elf trap --
Together again --
Arrival --
Gravity.
Other Titles: Can not catch me and other twice-told tales
Responsibility: Michael Cadnum.

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A collection of tales that uses different points of view to twist the themes of classic folktales. This work introduces complex, emotional topics within a familiar context.  Read more...

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"ÝCadnum tangos with tart truths, waltzes with acerbic wit, and often and dances in the dark." --"Fantasy Magazine"

 
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