{"product_id":"wicked-movie-tie-in-2-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-of-the-west-wicked-years-1-paperback","title":"Wicked [Movie Tie-In #2]: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, 1) (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and\nbasis for the international phenomenon that is \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe\nMusical \u003c\/i\u003eand the smash hit movie series. Look for part one of \u003ci\u003eWicked \u003c\/i\u003ethe\nmovie, now streaming, and the stunning conclusion \u003ci\u003eWicked: For Good\u003c\/i\u003e,\nin theaters now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e is\nestablished not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for\nyears to come. \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e relishes the inspired inventions of L.\nFrank Baum’s 1900 novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, while playing\nsleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film. In this\nfast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has\npopulated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own\nimagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYears before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little\ngirl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with\nemerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where\nsuperstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural\ndisasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she\nenters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most\npromising young citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBut Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere.\nAnimals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with\nexile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to\nprotect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if\nit means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow,\nshe can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can\neven make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRecognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial\npublication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same\nname—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But\nwhile the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism,\nmythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency,\nMaguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Maguire did something truly remarkable with this\nnovel, in managing to inhabit, enlarge, deepen and find new dimensions in a\nworld that had been invented by another writer, and in doing so make something\nentirely new. It’s an astonishing achievement.\" –Phillip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Gregory gets the complications and uniqueness of women very\nwell.\"-- Kristen Chenoweth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"It's a staggering feat of wordcraft, made no less so by the fact that\nits boundaries were set decades ago by somebody else. Maguire's larger triumph\nhere is twofold: First, in Elphaba, he has created (re-created? renovated?) one\nof the great heroines in fantasy literature: a fiery, passionate, unforgettable\nand ultimately tragic figure. Second, Wicked is the best fantasy novel of ideas\nI've read since Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or Frank Herbert's Dune. Would that\nall books with this much innate consumer appeal were also this good. And vice\nversa.\" –Los Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling\nauthor of the Wicked Years, a series that includes \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e―the\nbeloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award–winning\nBroadway musical of the same name and the major motion pictures―\u003ci\u003eSon of a\nWitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Lion Among Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOut of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis series\nAnother Day continues the story of Oz with \u003ci\u003eThe Brides of Maracoor\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The\nOracle of Maracoor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Witch of Maracoor\u003c\/i\u003e,and his other\nnovels include \u003ci\u003eA Wild Winter Swan\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Hiddensee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter\nAlice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand \u003ci\u003eMirror Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSome of his novels for children include \u003ci\u003eCress\nWatercress\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Leaping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e,and\u003ci\u003e Egg \u0026amp; Spoon\u003c\/i\u003e,winner\nof a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe–Horn Book \u003c\/i\u003eAward Honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe lives in New\nEngland and France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44882282643663,"sku":"9780063471740","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_c7a2a6cf-dc14-4e83-b025-14cfd6cf72c2.jpg?v=1772522257","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/wicked-movie-tie-in-2-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-of-the-west-wicked-years-1-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}