Wicked: The Early Years
7 hrs. 43 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Gregory Maguire
Author
Gregory Maguire
Narrator
Olya Fedorishcheva
Narrator
Olya Fedorishcheva
Description
The long-awaited prequel to the cult novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” upon which the legendary musical and Oscar-winning film were based.
What was Elphaba like before she enrolled at Shiz University? She is destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and from the moment of her birth fate keeps leaving her clues. The most obvious—green skin. Far less apparent, but far more significant—her sharp mind, her cunning… and her willingness to break moral rules when survival or her goal is at stake.
Her childhood unfolds alongside a carefree mother and a devout father. Elphaba’s sister is disabled, and her brother is a troublemaker whose pranks, step by step, grow into real crimes.
For the first time, Elphaba encounters the persecution of Animals and meets a ghostly little monkey. For the first time, power awakens within her, and she desperately searches for a friend who can free her from the corrosive loneliness that eats at her. But every choice she makes inevitably leads to Shiz University, where she’s waiting for a meeting with the dazzlingly shining Glinda…
Nearly thirty years after the release of Wicked, Gregory Maguire for the first time tells the story of the childhood years of his famous heroine—and gives readers a thrilling tale of coming of age of the only kind of green-skinned witch in her class.
A brilliant fantasy inspired by “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” which became a worldwide bestseller.
A beautiful cover by popular artists Polina Graft and Pihta.
Translation by Alexandra Gavronskaya, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in this story’s cruel and beautiful world.
What was Elphaba like before she enrolled at Shiz University? She is destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and from the moment of her birth fate keeps leaving her clues. The most obvious—green skin. Far less apparent, but far more significant—her sharp mind, her cunning… and her willingness to break moral rules when survival or her goal is at stake.
Her childhood unfolds alongside a carefree mother and a devout father. Elphaba’s sister is disabled, and her brother is a troublemaker whose pranks, step by step, grow into real crimes.
For the first time, Elphaba encounters the persecution of Animals and meets a ghostly little monkey. For the first time, power awakens within her, and she desperately searches for a friend who can free her from the corrosive loneliness that eats at her. But every choice she makes inevitably leads to Shiz University, where she’s waiting for a meeting with the dazzlingly shining Glinda…
Nearly thirty years after the release of Wicked, Gregory Maguire for the first time tells the story of the childhood years of his famous heroine—and gives readers a thrilling tale of coming of age of the only kind of green-skinned witch in her class.
A brilliant fantasy inspired by “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” which became a worldwide bestseller.
A beautiful cover by popular artists Polina Graft and Pihta.
Translation by Alexandra Gavronskaya, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in this story’s cruel and beautiful world.
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