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Stepmother

by Robert Coover · 2004

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Robert Coover, father of modern American experimental fiction, returns with "Stepmother," a masterful reimagining of the fairy-tale tradition. There is magic, there are princes, there are painful castrations. There is also beauty, and true love, of a sort.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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