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A Wild Swan : and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Fairy Tales For Our Times From The Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Of The Hours. A Poisoned Apple And A Monkey's Paw With The Power To Change Fate; A Girl Whose Extraordinarily Long Hair Causes Catastrophe; A Man With One Human Arm And One Swan's Wing; And A House Deep In The Forest, Constructed Of Gumdrops And Gingerbread, Vanilla Frosting And Boiled Sugar. In A Wild Swan And Other Tales, The People And The Talismans Of Lands Far, Far Away--the Mythic Figures Of Our Childhoods And The Source Of So Much Of Our Wonder--are Transformed By Michael Cunningham Into Stories Of Sublime Revelation. Here Are The Moments That Our Fairy Tales Forgot Or Deliberately Concealed: The Years After A Spell Is Broken, The Rapturous Instant Of A Miracle Unexpectedly Realized, Or The Fate Of A Prince Only Half Cured Of A Curse. The Beast Stands Ahead Of You In Line At The Convenience Store, Buying Smokes And A Slim Jim, His Devouring Smile Aimed At The Cashier. A Malformed Little Man With A Knack For Minor Acts Of Wizardry Goes To Disastrous Lengths To Procure A Child. A Loutish And Lazy Jack Prefers Living In His Mother's Basement To Getting A Job, Until The Day He Trades A Cow For A Handful Of Magic Be

Who reads A Wild Swan : and Other Tales?

Author

Michael Cunningham

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374290252

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.69 / 5 (2,580 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14