Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
- Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
Infobox Book
name = Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
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author = Tanith Lee
illustrator = Tanith Lee
cover_artist = Michael Whelan
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, short stories
publisher = DAW Books
release_date = 1983
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 208 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87997-790-6
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Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer is a short story collection of dark fantasy retellings of popular fairytales by British author Tanith Lee. Contrary to what the title may suggest, it not only includes retellings of fairytales by the Brothers Grimm, but also by Charles Perrault, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve or Alexander Afanasyev. The title story was nominated for a Nebula Award and a World Fantasy Award. This collection was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award.
Contents
Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer contains the following tales:
# Paid Piper (retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin)
# Red as Blood (retelling of Snow White)
# Thorns (retelling of Sleeping Beauty)
# When The Clock Strikes (retelling of Cinderella)
# The Golden Rope (retelling of Rapunzel)
# The Princess And Her Future (retelling of The Frog Princess)
# Wolfland (retelling of Little Red Riding Hood)
# Black As Ink (retelling of The White Duck)
# Beauty (retelling of Beauty and the Beast)
References
*Nickerson, Susan L. "Red as Blood (Book)." Library Journal 108.2 (15 Jan. 1983): 147.
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