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Briar Rose

by Terri Windling Jane Yolen
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Fairy tale retold in a WWII backdrop.

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a must-read for those who enjoy subversive fairy-tale retellings. Yolen masterfully weaves the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty into a haunting World War II backdrop, complete with castles, mists, and thorns. With an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth, Briar Rose is a tale that will leave you changed forever.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1992)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1993)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1993)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Briar Rose

by Terri Windling Jane Yolen
$8.90 $3.90 56% off
$3.51 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780780737006
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $22.08
Authors: Terri Windling Jane Yolen
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Date of Publication: 1993-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Retellings, War, Historical Fantasy, World War II
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 14653 readers)

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It is an old, old tale, the German story of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. Now one of America's most celebrated writers tells it afresh, set this time in the forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. A tale of castles, of mists and thorns, of a beautiful sleeping princess, and an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth.A tale that will leave you changed forever.The tale of Briar Rose.
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Fairy tale retold in a WWII backdrop.

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a must-read for those who enjoy subversive fairy-tale retellings. Yolen masterfully weaves the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty into a haunting World War II backdrop, complete with castles, mists, and thorns. With an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth, Briar Rose is a tale that will leave you changed forever.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1992)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1993)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1993)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.