Con sei milioni di copie vendute nel mondo, Wicked si è affermato non solo come riflessione sul nostro tempo, ma anche come romanzo da rileggere per gli anni a venire. Wicked rielabora le invenzioni del Meraviglioso mago di Oz, il romanzo di L. Frank Baum uscito nel 1900, giocando con la memoria collettiva della pellicola del 1939 della MGM con Margaret Hamilton e Judy Garland. Un romanzo incalzante, fantasticamente reale ed estremamente divertente, nel quale Gregory Maguire popola il mondo di Oz, in gran parte sconosciuto, grazie al potere della sua immaginazione. Wicked ha ispirato l'omonimo musical, uno degli spettacoli più longevi nella storia di Broadway.

Nella vibrante Terra di Oz, Elfaba Thropp nasce con la pelle verde smeraldo che la distingue dai cittadini del Terra dei Succhialimoni. Nonostante il suo aspetto unico, Elfaba possiede straordinarie capacità che le valgono l'ammissione alla prestigiosa Università di Shiz. Lì incontra l'affascinante e popolare Galinda, che in seguito diventerà nota come Glinda la Strega Buona. Le loro strade si dividono quando Elfaba viene incolpata di un crimine che non ha commesso, portandola all'isolamento e al conflitto con il Mago di Oz. Mentre naviga in un mondo che la fraintende e la teme, Elfaba scopre la vera natura del bene e del male. Forma un'improbabile alleanza con le creature incomprese di Oz, tra cui gli Animali parlanti e gli incompresi Martufi, oppressi dal regime del Mago. Insieme, sfidano la sua autorità e lottano per la giustizia e l'uguaglianza a Oz.

A brilliant and nicely off-kilter reading of the childrens classic, retrofitted for grown-upsand a lot of fun.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alices disappearance?

In this brilliant new work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, under-grounds, underpinningsand understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carrolls enduring tale. Ada, a friend of Alices mentioned briefly in Alices Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend but arrives a moment too lateand tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.

Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and see her safely home from this surreal world below the world. The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the bloodthirsty Queen of Heartsdroll and imperious as alwaysinterrupt their mad tea party to suggest a conundrum: If Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or if Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. If not, everything that happens next is After Alice.

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist onAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis’s Carroll’s beloved classic.

When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice’s disappearance?

In this brilliant work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings—and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll’s enduring tale. Ada, a friend of Alice’s mentioned briefly in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend, but arrives a moment too late—and tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.

Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and see her safely home from this surreal world below the world. If Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. Either way, everything that happens next is “After Alice.”

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist onAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis’s Carroll’s beloved classic.

When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice’s disappearance?

In this brilliant work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings—and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll’s enduring tale. Ada, a friend of Alice’s mentioned briefly in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend, but arrives a moment too late—and tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.

Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and see her safely home from this surreal world below the world. If Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. Either way, everything that happens next is “After Alice.”

"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.

Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling ofThe Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults,Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.

Elphaba is born with green skin, a precocious mind, and a talent for magic. An outcast throughout her childhood in Munchkinland, she finally begins to feel as though she fits in when she enters the University in the Emerald City. While she hones her skills, she discovers that Oz isn't the Utopia it seems. She sets out to protect its unwanted creatures, becoming known as the Wicked Witch along the way.

Narrator John McDonough draws you in to Maguire's magical world of witches and talking animals, making it possible to believe in a land somewhere over the rainbow.

Blessed with—or doomed to—eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less of a blessing than it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.

A brand-new introduction from Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked, and additional bonus materials make this special edition of Natalie Babbitt'sTuck Everlasting a must-have for lovers of the book and a great way to introduce a new generation to a classic.

In this tour de force, master storyteller Gregory Maguire offers a dazzling novel for fantasy lovers of all ages.

Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar’s army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, 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.

“Maguire’s work is melodic, symphonic, and beautiful; it is dejected and biting and brave. How great that people flock to these magical novels.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Bestselling author Gregory Maguire’s remarkable series, The Wicked Years, comes full circle with this, his fourth and final excursion across a darker, richer, more complex landscape of “the magical land of Oz.” Out of Oz brilliantly reimagines L. Frank Baum’s world over the rainbow as wracked with social unrest—placing Glinda the good witch under house arrest and having the cowardly Lion on the lam from the law as the Emerald City prepares to make war on Munchkinland. Even Dorothy makes a triumphant return in Maguire’s magnificent Oz finale—tying up every loose green end of the series he began with his classic Wicked, the basis for the smash hit Broadway musical.

In a much anticipated conclusion to the best-selling series, the wonderful land of Oz is plagued by social unrest and, amid the chaos and threat of war, Elphaba's granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the end of Son of a Witch, comes of age and is ready to take up her broom. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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The stunning conclusion to the smash New York Times bestselling series the Wicked Years

Hailed as ?bewitching,? ?remarkable,? ?extraordinary,? ?engrossing,? ?amazing,? and ?delicious,? Gregory Maguire?s Wicked Years series?a sophisticated fantasy cycle inspired by the classic children?s novel The Wizard of Oz?became national bestsellers and the basis for a hit Tony-winning Broadway musical. Now, Maguire returns with the final installment in his transformative work, a thrilling and compulsively readable saga in which the fate of Oz is decided at last. . . .

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.

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.