Gregory Maguire Bücher

Das Buch erzählt die Vorgeschichte der geheimnisvollen Hexe des Westens aus dem "Zauberer von Oz". Elphaba, ein intelligentes und unglückliches grünhäutiges Mädchen, studiert Biologie und kämpft gegen die tyrannischen Maßnahmen des Zauberers von Oz, während sie radikale Aktionen plant.

Irgendwo haben wir diese Geschichte schon einmal gehört: Eine schöne Kaufmannstochter gerät sehr ins Hintertreffen, als sie eine herrische Stiefmutter bekommt, und zwei hässliche Stiefschwestern dazu. Die Schöne sieht sich bald auf Hausarbeit und Aschekehren reduziert ... In diesem wunderbaren historischen Roman wird das alte Märchen vom Aschenbrödel allerdings kräftig gegen den Strich gebürstet. Im Mittelpunkt steht Iris, eine der »hässlichen Schwestern«, die mit Mutter und Schwester vor Gewalt und Terror fliehen musste und in den Niederlanden Zuflucht zu finden hofft. Doch das Haarlem des 17. Jahrhunderts ist ein misstrauischer, unfreundlicher Ort: Die Türen bleiben ihnen verschlossen, die Herzen auch. Vor dem Hungertod rettet die kleine Familie ausgerechnet ein Maler, der selbst am Hungertuch nagt. Die Begegnung mit der Malerei ist für Iris wie eine Offenbarung. Nichts möchte sie lieber, als beim Meister in die Lehre zu gehen und selbst die Malkunst zu erlernen. Der Maler arbeitet an dem Gemälde, das sein großes Meisterstück werden wird: ›Mädchen mit Tulpen‹. Sein Modell ist die schöne Kaufmannstochter Clara, die sehr scheu ist und nie aus dem Haus geht. Es kommt zu einer schicksalhaften Begegnung. Und kurze Zeit später bricht in ganz Holland das Tulpenfieber aus ... Gregory Maguire hat an der Tufts University promoviert und lebt in Concord, Massachusetts.

This historical novel reinterprets the classic tale of Cinderella, focusing on Iris, one of the "ugly sisters," who flees violence with her family to the Netherlands. In 17th-century Haarlem, they face hardship until a struggling painter helps them. Iris discovers her passion for painting while the tulip craze begins.

A captivating narrative that enchants readers, this novel weaves a tale of magic and emotion, exploring themes of love and transformation. Its rich characters and immersive storyline have not only garnered critical acclaim but also inspired a highly successful musical adaptation, showcasing its universal appeal and timeless relevance. The book invites readers to experience a world where enchantment and reality intertwine, leaving a lasting impression on all who delve into its pages.

Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who's knocking at the door. It's none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy. Yet amidst all this chaos, Elphaba's granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now it is up to Rain to take up her broom—and her legacy—in an Oz wracked by war. The stirring, long-awaited conclusion to the bestselling series begun with Wicked, Out of Oz is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises—the hallmarks of the unique imagination of Gregory Maguire.

The enchanting second novel in the series Another Day, returning to the world first created in Wicked.The Oracle of Maracoor, the second in the trilogy called Another Day, continues the story of Elphaba's green-skinned granddaughter, Rain. That strange land, Maracoor--across the ocean from Oz--is beset by an invading army. In the mayhem, Rain and Cossy, a child felon, break out of prison. Helped by a few flying monkeys, they struggle to escape the city before it falls under siege. Their arresting officer, Lucikles, also retreats with his family to a highland redoubt. But safety eludes them all. Chaos thunders upon them in the form of warriors, refugees, and brigands. The very fabric of reality loosens, liberating creatures of myth and legend--huge blue wolves, harpies, and giants made of the very landscape.Cued in by secrets known only to the most highly placed members of the royal court, Rain and her companions hunt the fabled Oracle of Maracoor for guidance and soothsaying. Rain has to recover her forgotten past if she is to consider returning home. Cossy, the ten-year-old convicted of murder, must become invisible to avoid being taken into custody again. Meanwhile, the Fist of Mara, an arcane artifact that renders all around it barren, hammers against human lives. If the reclusive Oracle should spin a prophecy, might the desperate wicked years promise another day, one less perilous?

“A beautiful reminder that fairy tales are at their best when they illuminate the precarious balance between lighthearted childhood and the darkness and danger of adulthood.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside, and there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying a cornucopia of food, untold wealth, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg—a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena’s age. When the two girls’ lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and—in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured—Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs.

Cress Watercress is a rabbit. Home means a warren on the riverbank with Mama and Papa and baby Kip. Meals at dawn and dusk, and honey-ginger tea to help the baby with his breathing. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Mama assumes the worst - after all, it's a dangerous world for a rabbit. Though Cress begs to stay - what if Papa comes home and doesn't know where they've gone? - Mama moves the family to the basement apartment of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment tree with a menacing owl landlord, a nosy mouse superintendent, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everybody's business. Could a dead tree full of annoying neighbours - and no Papa - ever be home?

The first in a three-book series spun off the iconic Wicked Years from multimillion-copy best-selling author Gregory Maguire, featuring Elphaba’s granddaughter, the green-skinned Rain. Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz. But “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is here, 25 years after Wicked first flew into our lives. Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices. As the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign navy, the island’s civil-servant overseer struggles to understand how an alien arriving on the shores of Maracoor could threaten the stability and well-being of an entire nation. Is it myth or magic at work, for good or for ill? The trilogy Another Day will follow this green-skinned girl from the island outpost into the unmapped badlands of Maracoor before she learns how, and becomes ready, to turn her broom homeward, back to her family and her lover, back to Oz, which — in its beauty, suffering, mystery, injustice, and possibility — reminds us all too clearly of the troubled yet sacred terrain of our own lives