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Margo Lanagan (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 July 2010

In her inspired re-working of the fairy-tale Snow White and Rose Red Margo Lanagan has created characters that are vivid, passionate, flawed and fiercely devoted to their hearts' desires, whether these desires are good or evil. It is the story of two worlds - one real, one magical - and how, despite the safe haven her magical world offers to those who have suffered, her characters can never turn their backs on the real world, with all its beauty and brutality.

Tender Morsels is an astonishing novel, fraught with the tension between love and horror, violence and tenderness, despair and hope.

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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (1 July 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099546132
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099546139
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 112,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Tender Morsels...is funny, tragic, wise, tender and beautifully written. It also left me gasping with shock...It is with a mixture of respect and delight that I greet any book capable of blasting an entire genre out of the water with its audacity and grace. Tender Morsels is such a book" (Meg Rosoff Guardian )

"A work of genius, with richly inventive language and a brilliantly imagined fairy tale context... the brutal moments are woeven in like dark threads in a rich and complex tapestry" (Dinah Hall Sunday Telegraph )

"A novel that explores the most profound human emotions with a clear gaze; it made me weep like a child at the end" (Observer )

"A striking retelling of the Grimms' Snow White and Rose Red, told in a rich yet remote prose style, it is, like Lanagan's award-winning collection of short stories, Red Spikes, likely to appeal to teenage girls with a taste for the original and the sinister" (Amanda Craig The Times )

"It's a rewardingly complex and emotional story told in highly imaginative prose. The worlds Lanagan creates are so rich and multi-layered it's easy to get lost in the book's 500 pages, never wanting to leave" (Scotsman )

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An astonishing adult re-working of a classic fairy tale, brilliantly reviewed and perfect for fans of Angela Carter and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The fairytale has grown up 10 Aug 2009
By Brida TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
TENDER MORSELS is a loosely based re-telling of the fairytale, "Snow White and Rose Red". But even if you are not aware of the original tale, you can still read this novel and enjoy it.

The story follows Liga. When we first meet her, she is a young girl in her teens. Due to her mother's earlier death, she is alone with her brutish father. He is a true monster. He abuses Liga in the worst possible way, resulting in Liga giving birth to a child who is also his. Not long after this, Liga is then brutally raped by a gang of town boys. Again, she bears a child.
Her two daughters, Branza and Urdda, are striking in their differences. They are like two opposite poles - one fair and quiet, the other dark and willful.
Through Liga's utter sorrow and torment which the world has thrown on her, she is granted the chance to live in her own version of heaven, where nothing can harm either her or her daughters. But, as time passes, the divide between the two worlds becomes less stable, threatening all that Liga has created for her small family.

That is a brief synopsis. What is really at the heart of this book is the idea that brutality and beauty can live side by side. In some ways, TENDER MORSELS seems to suggest that it has to - that the real world is never going to be a place where no dangers lie. In this respect, Lanagan has done a tremendous job in creating such an idea, such a world. Her prose reflects this notion; there are times when the violence of the book is diturbing and extremely uncomfortable reading, but there are also times when the prose reads almost like poetry. Although deprivation can be found within these pages, there is also magic and hope.

This is one of the best re-tellings of a fairytale that I have read in a long time. However, you really do need to persevere with it - the first 50 or so pages are pretty horrible, and the language of the towns people can be difficult to get used to, but if you stick with it, you should be rewarded.
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5.0 out of 5 stars gritty fairy tale 27 July 2009
By Pelargonium Pete
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Although it's based on the story of Rose Red and Snow White, this is not a twee fairy tale for younger readers. It's tough and thought-provoking, and doesn't spare the brutality. But it's also a gripping read which allows you to completely believe in a world where an abused girl can escape to an alternative reality, and where men can become bears.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dark yet addictive 16 Aug 2009
By Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
For a teen book the content is pretty dark yet through the veil of the otherside it's a story of empowerment that will inspire others. What Margo does extremely well is bring the characters to life within the book that will speak to many about the message of hope against the darkness of mankinds souls. Well written, inspirational and a tale that whilst I'd only pass on to the older end of the teen market due to content is definitely something that should be read by all.
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3.0 out of 5 stars an interesting and puzzling read
This book had me gripped in the first instance, I was curious. The book started with violence and that uncomfortable start had me caring about the main character. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Rachel Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars "When is the old bugger coming then?" she said to the goat.
Part fairy-tale and part morality fable this begins for the reader in fierce anger as a young girl, Liga, is subjected to rape by her father, then later becomes the prey of village... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Eileen Shaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
I really enjoyed this book - an amazing story and so very beautifully told. I'd forgotten the original fairytale of Snow White and Rose Red, so the plot was a complete surprise. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kit Berry
4.0 out of 5 stars A lengthy read, but worth it
Tender Morsels is an inventive and beautifully written re-telling of the Snow White, Rose Red fairy tale. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark and Gripping Fairytale
Lanagan's Tender Morsels is a quite extraordinary novel. Part fairytale, part fable and part social commentary, this book manages to appal and appeal in equal measure. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Joanne
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit indigestible
A book this size would usually take me about a week to read but this one dragged out for four weeks. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Pensato
4.0 out of 5 stars `And now you have stepped out of the dream, all tall and real.'
Remember the lonely hut at the edge of a dark wood? Some will be familiar with the `The Ungrateful Dwarf' by Caroline Stahl which was reworked by the Brothers Grimm into `Snow... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Cameron-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars My book of the year - no question
This was recommended by a friend and I came to it blind, not having read any reviews or any of Lanagan's short stories. Confess I was totally bowled over. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2010 by Jane Alexander
4.0 out of 5 stars One dark fairytale!
What a fantastic story! Margo Lanagan has weaved together a fantasy that leaves you wanting more.

It took a couple of pages to get into the story, but once there I was... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2010 by A. Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
I rushed home to finish this book. Dark, clever and beautifully written. A must for bookish girls over 12 who want something like Twilight but with more substance.
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