Miranda and Caliban
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4.6 • 14 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A gorgeous retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest, exploring twisted love and unchecked power. In Miranda and Caliban, bestselling fantasy author Jacqueline Carey reimagines the iconic characters from Shakespeare's masterpiece in a captivating new light.
Miranda, a lovely girl raised in isolation, and Caliban, a strange and feral boy bewitched to serve her father, find solace and companionship in each other under the jealous eye of Prospero, a powerful magus. As the two battle the dark forces binding them to the island, the pangs of adolescence create a new awareness of their doomed relationship.
With hypnotic prose and a wild imagination, Carey weaves a spellbinding tale of duty, loneliness, and the struggles of the heart. Miranda and Caliban is a fresh and inventive take on a timeless classic that will enchant fans of Shakespeare retellings and fantasy romance alike.
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At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Carey (the Santa Olivia series) turns Shakespeare's Tempest on its head, in ways that are always supportable by the original text, with this brilliant deconstruction. On the deserted island where Miranda grows up, her magician father, Prospero, keeps mostly to himself for the sake of his magical studies. Miranda is the childhood playmate and teacher of the orphan Caliban, the island's original inhabitant, but when they come of age, their friendship grows into romance, which Prospero cannot tolerate. The magician has had plans for Miranda for years plans involving his enemies, a love spell, and, of course, a tempest. Carey's version of Prospero is unable to see his daughter as more than a tool, and unable to see Caliban through his preconceptions and academic prejudices. The foreordained pattern of the play mixes beautifully with Carey's intricate characterization and eye for sensory detail, building mercilessly to dazzling, and devastating, tragic effect.
Customer Reviews
Lovely lovely thing
Absolutely beautiful, thrills and heartaches like Carey does well