Bibliograph

Tangleweed and brine, Deirdre Sullivan ; read by Aoife McMahon

Type

Label

Tangleweed and brine, Deirdre Sullivan ; read by Aoife McMahon

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Tangleweed and brine

Music parts

not applicable

Responsibility statement

Deirdre Sullivan ; read by Aoife McMahon

Summary

A collection of 13 dark, feminist retellings of traditional fairy tales that follow in the tradition of Angela Carter. From stories like Cinderella to Rumpelstiltskin, to tales of mermaids and monsters are given a unique witchy makeover that is sure to leave listeners shivering. These tales are not for the faint-hearted!

Table Of Contents

Slippershod (Cinderella) -- The woodcutter's bride (Red Riding Hood) -- Come live here and be loved (Rapunzel) -- You shall not suffer (Hansel and Gretel) -- Meet the nameless thing and call it friend (Rumpelstiltskin) -- Sister fair (Fair, brown and trembling) -- Ash pale (Snow White) -- Consume or be consumed (A little mermaid) -- Doing well (The frog prince) -- The tender weight (Bluebeard) -- Riverbed (Donkeyskin) -- The little gift (The goose girl) -- Beauty and the board (Beauty and the beast)

Target audience

adolescent

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

Contributor

Creator