Reseña del libro "A Queer Little Book of Tales (en Inglés)"
A collection of queer fairy tale retellings for the discerning reader. Dive into a world both familiar and strange and meet a colorful cast of characters from all different backgrounds and upbringings, from princes and paupers to aliens and dwarves, from merchant sons to sign language interpreters. And fairies, of course. But it's important to remember... most fairies aren't fairy godmothers.The White Cat follows the intrepid young prince Yufitri from across the Sea, who meets a mystical talking cat who offers to grant all his desires-even the call for a wife.The Fairy's Gift tells the tale of a young princess Wynn who was cursed by an evil fairy to... have the body of her dreams? Oh no, whatever shall she do? Save a neighboring kingdom it seems!In From Stars They Fell, when a strange metal ship falls from the sky, an angel with dragonfly wings is left stranded in a strange land, and meets a young man who speaks with his hands.When the angel takes the job of the young man's interpreter, Oswin, he sets out to find new work. The Echoes of the Dead finds him stumbling across mysterious black ruins in the woods, inhabited by a scarred and quiet elf whose kindness hides a depth of despair.In A Step Apart and a World Away, Naomhan, a duke's son, who has always felt apart from the world, rescues a beautiful snake, who turns into a beautiful man promising rewards for Naomhan's kindness. But Naomhan wants only to disappear.And In the Shade of the Tree of Life ends the collection with a tale of anxiety and heartbreak, when a tailor's apprentice of maligned background falls in love with a hermit of a prince.
