Rags & Bones : New Twists on Timeless Tales
Publication details: London, Headline Publishing Group, 2013 Edition: 1st edDescription: 372 Pg PbISBN: 9781472210531Subject(s): English-NovelDDC classification: 823/MAR/Rag Summary: From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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VVM's Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics Margao English-Novel | English-Novel | 823/MAR/Rag (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | Book Purchased from BCOM Funds @ 599/-, with bill no: 368, dtd: 18/01/2024 | 13.09.2024 | VVM-36302 |
Book Purchased Under BCOM @ 599/- with bill no: 368, dtd: 18/01/2024
From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers.
Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.
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