Making Mischief - Maguire, Gregory
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With the same adroit scrutiny that enabled him to recognize a heroine in the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked, reconsiders the oeuvre of the incomparable Maurice Sendak ( Where the Wild Things Are). Making Mischief pays tribute to the visionary author and illustrator, his profound understanding of children, and his stunningly imaginative and groundbreaking work that carried the picture book so much higher and farther than it had ever flown. A beautifully designed, endlessly fascinating volume, Making Mischief is one master mythmaker's heartfelt appreciation of another.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
With the same adroit scrutiny that enabled him to recognize a heroine in the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked, reconsiders the oeuvre of the incomparable Maurice Sendak ( Where the Wild Things Are). Making Mischief pays tribute to the visionary author and illustrator, his profound understanding of children, and his stunningly imaginative and groundbreaking work that carried the picture book so much higher and farther than it had ever flown. A beautifully designed, endlessly fascinating volume, Making Mischief is one master mythmaker's heartfelt appreciation of another.
Autorenporträt
Gregory Maguire, 1954 in Albany, New York geboren, studierte Anglistik und Amerikanistik und leitete von 1979 bis 1985 das Simmons College for the Study of Children's Literature, an dem er auch als Professor Englische Literatur unterrichtete. Gregory Maguire hat rund 25 Bücher für Kinder- und Jugendliche veröffentlicht. Er hat drei Kinder adoptiert und lebt heute in der Nähe von Boston, Massachusetts.
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"At once a serious survey of Maurice Sendak's antecedents and a playful accounting of his preoccupations and themes, Making Mischief, in its subject and in its form, is a joyful, loving, intelligent celebration of that rare and wonderful thing: originality." Tony Kushner