Rough magic : a tempest tale /

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by Mullin, Caryl Cude.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Authors: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Tempest. Published by : Second Story Press, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada :) Physical details: 264 p. ; 21 cm. Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, --1564-1616 --Adaptations. | Magic --Fiction. | Wizards --Fiction. | Islands --Fiction. | Caliban (Fictitious character) --Fiction. | Ecofiction. | Fantasy fiction. --gsafd. Year : 2009 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction

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Follow the interwoven stories of two girls and one woman, their lives all tied to the enigmatic figure of Caliban, the character first introduced by Shakespeare in The Tempest. Caliban is the strange, half-wild man Prospero and Miranda discovered on an island after being shipwrecked. Rough Magic forms both prequel and sequel, telling the stories of the sorceress Sycorax, Caliban's mother; Miranda's daughter Chiara, who becomes like a daughter to Caliban; and Calypso, a magical young woman with ties to them all. All three must fight against a world that sees magic as evil and uses women as political pawns. Finally, it is the island and its power that draws them all back, demanding amends from the humans who have exploited its natural wonders.