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Angel Maker: The Short Stories of Sara Maitland Book

English writer Sara Maitland tried to give a feminist slant to theology in her non-fiction work A Big-Enough God. In this collection of short stories, she does the same for a broad range of cultural narratives--from mythology, fable, and scripture to history, journalism, and fiction. Drawing inspiration from these sources, she has rewritten the stories to bring out the contribution and the position of their female characters, often marginalized in the original. So, for example, in "Siren's Song" the sirens on the reef become the focus, not the sailors they lure to their deaths in revenge for a rape. In the title story, the fairy tale of "Hansel and Gretel" inspires a story with the witch at the center, no longer a villain but a safe abortion provider and fertility expert.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Women's lives are at the center of this stunning collection of short stories. By turns elegant and simple, erotic and elegiac, these stories draw on classical mythology, folk stories, inexplicable accidents of history, and disquieting experiences of the supernatural.

  • 0805071202
  • 9780805071207
  • Sara Maitland
  • 1 December 1996
  • Henry Holt & Company
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
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