{"id":40004,"date":"2016-02-16T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=40004"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:19:51","slug":"wild-swan-tales-michael-cunningham-illustrated-yuko-shimizu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wild-swan-tales-michael-cunningham-illustrated-yuko-shimizu\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/11\/Wild-Swan-by-Michael-Cunningham-on-BookDragon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39996\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/11\/Wild-Swan-by-Michael-Cunningham-on-BookDragon-586x800.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Swan by Michael Cunningham on BookDragon\" width=\"586\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/11\/Wild-Swan-by-Michael-Cunningham-on-BookDragon-586x800.jpg 586w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/11\/Wild-Swan-by-Michael-Cunningham-on-BookDragon-800x1091.jpg 800w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/11\/Wild-Swan-by-Michael-Cunningham-on-BookDragon.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a>If Bruno Bettelheim&#8217;s classic <em>The Uses of Enchantment<\/em> posited that fairy tales could help children understand their darkest fears, then Michael Cunningham&#8217;s (<em>The Hours<\/em>) reenvisioned <em>Other Tales<\/em> charges adults to challenge perspectives. Ten stories are turned every-which-way by the author, who deftly subverts with both droll charm and sardonic bite \u2013 from the last swan brother who couldn&#8217;t go back to being fully human and the witch who gets shoved in the oven by young psychopaths after they eat her candy house, to the giant who gets &#8220;jacked&#8221; and the little man who splits in two when his name is called.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: While listeners will miss out on Japanese artist Yuko Shimizu&#8217;s gorgeously detailed black-and-white illustrations, they&#8217;ll hear original music by actor\/songwriter Billy Hough, who alternates narrating the stories with Lili Taylor; Taylor presents the more nuanced performance. Audiences in search of alternate tales \u00e0 la Angela Carter and Gregory Maguire should listen in!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2016-02-15-4656647.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, February 15, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Bruno Bettelheim&#8217;s classic The Uses of Enchantment posited that fairy tales could help children understand their darkest fears, then Michael Cunningham&#8217;s (The Hours) reenvisioned Other Tales charges adults to challenge perspectives. 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