by Gregory Maguire · Headline Review · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780755331604
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«Wicked» is the fantasy novel by Gregory Maguire, published by Headline Review in paperback (512 pages, in English).
The novel recreates the world of Oz from the perspective of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, showing her as a green-skinned outcast who defies the power of the Wizard of Oz. It is a dark reinvention of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz», with political allegory and reflections on good and evil, far from the classic tale.
Full title: «The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West». First installment of the «Wicked Years» saga.
Fantasy readers looking for an adult, satirical and political re-reading of the Oz universe.
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film series with the first film released in 2024 and the second film released in 2025.
