Egg and Spoon

Resumen del libro

In this tour de force, master storyteller Gregory Maguire offers a dazzling novel for fantasy lovers of all ages.

Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar's army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg - a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls' lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and - in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured - Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs.

Biografía del autor

Gregory Maguire es doctor en Literatura Inglesa y Americana por la Universidad Tufts. Ha ocupado el primer puesto en la lista de más vendidos de The New York Times con Wicked. Memorias de una bruja mala x{0026} x02013;la revisión de El mago de Oz, el amado clásico de L. Frank Baum, en la que se basa el exitoso musical de Broadwayx{0026} x02013;. También es autor de Hijo de bruja y Un león entre hombres. En 2024, se estrena la primera parte de Wicked, la esperada adaptación cinematográfica del musical protagonizada por Ariana Grande y Cynthia Erivo.<br> Maguire ha dado conferencias sobre arte, literatura y cultura tanto en su país como en el extranjero.<br> Tiene tres hijos adoptivos y está casado con el pintor Andy Newman.