From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist on Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice’s disappearance?In After … react to Alice’s disappearance?
In After Alice, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings—and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll’s enduring tale. Ada, a friend of Alice’s mentioned briefly in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend, but arrives a moment too late—and tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.
Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and see her safely home from this surreal world below the world. If Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. Either way, everything that happens next is “After Alice.”
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Nope, don’t want a follow up to Alice, but I didn’t like Wicked either, so what do I know!
I loved the writing.
I love anything written by Gregory Maquire…he is amazing! Fairy tales for adults, too
If you didn’t have a wide vocabulary, you will after reading this book! He has a wild imagination and can paint quite the pictures.
The story unfolded in an unexpected way that was delightful and entertaining. A witty alternate ending to an old favorite.
could not get past the fact that Carrol did all of the character work
Very interesting look at the people behind a beloved story.
If you are familiar with the original, it is a delight to read this alternative adventure.