Wicked - Kirjakasa

English language

Published Jan. 7, 2000

ISBN:: 978-0-06-098710-7

(1 review)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, and written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is a revisionist exploration of the characters and setting of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, its sequels, and the 1939 film adaption The Wizard of Oz. However, compared to the originals, the book is intended for adults, as it contains profanity and adult content, including violent imagery and sexual situations. It also presents events, characters and situations from Baum's books and the film in new ways, making numerous alterations. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011). In 2003, the novel was adapted as …

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, and written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is a revisionist exploration of the characters and setting of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, its sequels, and the 1939 film adaption The Wizard of Oz. However, compared to the originals, the book is intended for adults, as it contains profanity and adult content, including violent imagery and sexual situations. It also presents events, characters and situations from Baum's books and the film in new ways, making numerous alterations. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011). In 2003, the novel was adapted as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked.

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3 stars

Ihmemaa Oziin sijoittuva romaani vihreän noidan elämästä syntymästä kuolemaan. En tunne Ozin tarinaa ja detaljeja, joten siltä osin kirja jäi minulle melko irralliseksi ja monet asiat täysin vaille selitystä. Mutta jos tämän lukee tällä tavalla itsenäisenä romaanina, niin kyseessä on kasvutarina, jossa ulkonäkönsä vuoksi erilaisena kohdeltu päähenkilö elää mielekkäitä ja merkittäviä nuoruusvuosia opiskelijaporukassa, ajautuu sen jälkeen valtakunnanpolitiikan salaliittoihin ja terrorismiin ja erään epäonnisen tapahtuman jälkeen viettää elämänsä jälkipuoliskon katumuksessa, etsien anteeksiantoa, selitystä ja asioiden saattamista oikealle tolalleen, kunnes valtakunnanpolitiikka taas tulee ja tappaa. Ydinsanomaksi jää suuri merkityksettömyyden tunne.