Product Description

Using the magical and mythic language of classic stories from around the world, Fairy Tales takes familiar myths and folktales and turns them into stories about men coming out, learning to trust themselves, looking for and finding love, facing AIDS, and helping those they love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #708099 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-09
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .30 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Those amused by the notion of Hansel as a Bavarian drag queen or of an Ugly Duckling whose transformation is wrought by aerobics and yoga will find writer/performer Cashorali's reworkings of traditional fairy tales diverting reading. Those expecting more imaginative or substantive alternatives to tradition will be disappointed. The facile humor (exemplified by the inevitable pun of the title), moreover, will strain readers' patience. Cashorali works with obscure as well as familiar tales (including stories retold by Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and Italo Calvino, among others); his usual strategy is to change heroines into gay heroes and to move them into a distinctly upscale, urban milieu. His protagonists make wisecracks about poppers and ACT-UP, and dream of making it big in Hollywood. Such capitulations to yuppie readers narrow the appeal of the book; ironically, the most engaging tale of all, a reworking of "Puss in Boots" featuring a dog in penny loafers, is effective to the degree that it only incidentally dramatizes any element of gay life. Author tour.
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Using the magical and mythic language of classic stories from around the world, Fairy Tales takes familiar myths and folktales and turns them into stories about men coming out, learning to trust themselves, looking for and finding love, facing AIDS, and helping those they love.

About the Author
Peter Cashorali, is a writer and performer whose fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Men on Men, Indivisible, and His.