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320 pages :

illustrations (some colour)
Contents: Red riding hood -- Snow White -- Sleeping Beauty -- Rapunzel -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Hansel and Gretel -- Beauty and the Beast -- Bluebeard -- Cinderella -- The Little Mermaid -- Rumpelstiltskin -- Peter Pan.
Summary: Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life ... and death. A prince has a surprising awakening ... A beauty fights like a beast ... A boy refuses to become prey ... A path to happiness is lost. ... then found again. Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.