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Tales of Everyday Horror
Mallory Ortberg: The Merry Spinster

From ​Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from her beloved „Children's Stories Made Horrific” series, „The Merry Spinster” takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and her best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg’s eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.

Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in her unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling… (tovább)

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240 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9781250113429

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