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Matchless
Maguire, Gregory
Fiction
The beloved author of
Wicked reimagines Hans Christian Andersen's classic story
"The Little Match Girl" for modern readers in this charming,
beautifully illustrated gift book
Each year, National Public Radio asks a writer to compose a
story with a Christmas theme. In 2008, Gregory Maguire offered a
new twist on a classic tale, reinventing the Hans Christian
Andersen classic "The Little Match Girl."
When the story was first translated from Danish and published in
England in the mid-nineteenth century, the match girl's dying
visions of lights and a grandmother in heaven were often
interpreted as metaphors of religious salvation. In
Matchless, Maguire adds a different dimension to the story,
intertwining the match girl's tale with that of a young boy,
Frederik, whose own yearnings are the catalyst for a better future
for himself and his family. Maguire uses his storytelling magic to
rekindle Andersen's original intentions and to suggest
transcendence, the permanence of spirit, and the continuity that
links the living and the dead.
The beloved author of
Wicked reimagines Hans Christian Andersen's classic story
"The Little Match Girl" for modern readers in this charming,
beautifully illustrated gift book
Each year, National Public Radio asks a writer to compose a
story with a Christmas theme. In 2008, Gregory Maguire offered a
new twist on a classic tale, reinventing the Hans Christian
Andersen classic "The Little Match Girl."
When the story was first translated from Danish and published in
England in the mid-nineteenth century, the match girl's dying
visions of lights and a grandmother in heaven were often
interpreted as metaphors of religious salvation. In
Matchless, Maguire adds a different dimension to the story,
intertwining the match girl's tale with that of a young boy,
Frederik, whose own yearnings are the catalyst for a better future
for himself and his family. Maguire uses his storytelling magic to
rekindle Andersen's original intentions and to suggest
transcendence, the permanence of spirit, and the continuity that
links the living and the dead.
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