A Wild Swan: and Other Tales, by Michael Cunningham, 144 pages I think that part of what I love so much about fairy tales and the re-telling/re-imagining of them is that there is so much room for elaboration and creativity. What we have with fairy tales is a shared story- everyone knows the foundation- but the author can really develop a completely new, never-before-seen house on that foundation. I did not find this particular collection of stories to offer much in the way of interesting re-tellings- but for one story about Rumpelstiltskin that painted him in a way I had never considered before. But aside from that, the stories are very well-written and the short length of the book may be a compelling enough reason for some to pick it up and give it a look-over.
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