内容简介
WhenDorothytriumphedovertheWickedWitchoftheWestinL.FrankBaum'sclassictale,weheardonlyhersideofthestory.Butwhataboutherarch-nemesis,themysteriouswitch?Wheredidshecomefrom?Howdidshebecomesowicked?Andwhatisthetruenatureofevil?GregoryMaguirecreatesafantasyworldsorichandvividthatwewillneverlookatOzthesamewayagain."Wicked"isaboutalandwhereanimalstalkandstrivetobetreatedlikefirst-classcitizens,Munchkinlandersseekthecomfortofmiddle-classstabilityandtheTinManbecomesavictimofdomesticviolence.Andthenthereisthelittlegreen-skinnedgirlnamedElphaba,whowillgrowuptobetheinfamousWickedWitchoftheWest,asmart,pricklyandmisunderstoodcreaturewhochallengesallourpreconceivednotionsaboutthenatureofgoodandevil.
作者简介
GregoryMaguirereceivedhisPh.D.inEnglishandAmericanLiteraturefromTuftsUniversity.HisworkasaconsultantincreativewritingforchildrenhastakenhimtospeakingengagementsacrosstheUnitedStatesandabroad.HeistheauthorofthebooksWicked,SonofaWitch,andALionAmongMen,whichcomprisehisseriescalledTheWickedYears.TheBroadwayplay,Wicked,isbasedonhisbookofthesametitle.HeisafounderandcodirectorofChildren'sLiteratureNewEngland,Incorporated,anon-profiteducationalcharityestablishedin1987.HehaslivedabroadinDublinandLondon,andnowcallsMassachusettshishome.