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Program Type: Audiobook (Fiction); Unabridged
Narrator:
John McDonough
Publisher:
Recorded Books, 2005
Length: 19 hours and 30 min.
"A
staggering feat of wordcraft." (Los Angeles Times)
"McDonough's excellent portrayals of Elphaba's
outspoken, gravel-voiced nanny, Glinda's snobbish
friends, and the wide-eyed, soft-spoken Dorothy make
this excursion to Oz worthwhile." (Publishers Weekly)
Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature,
Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling
of The 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.
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Gregory Maguire; (P)2000 Recorded Books, LLC |
