Briar Rose
Robert Coover's Briar Rose (1996) is a romantasy and fairy-tale retelling novella. Readers will find themes of fairy tales, adaptations, sleeping beauty and Belletristische Darstellung.
8 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.
It runs to roughly 91 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 1998 — Best Novella (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Briar Rose?
Briar Rose was written by Robert Coover and first published in 1996.
What genre is Briar Rose?
It is usually shelved as Romantasy and Fairy Tale Retellings.
How long is Briar Rose?
The median edition has 91 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Briar Rose?
Readers who like it often enjoy Enchanted, Black Thorn White Rose and Untamed.
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