Pig Tale

by Verlyn Flieger

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Title	Pig Tale
Author Flieger, Verlyn	Verlyn Flieger
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Tags	from B&N (online), fantasy, animals: pigs, young adult
Your review	first line: "It feels like we've been here forever." I'm not sure how well this works as a novel. The writing is simple but elegant, and the characters often sympathetic and grittily real. The book's major themes include both senses of scapegoating: the psychological tendency of people to blame outsiders for their troubles, as well as the folkloric/historical sense of ensuring the prosperity of a community through sacrifice (whether in the form of human or animal death, or simply the burning of the corn-god in effigy). The weightiness of these themes and the story's indeterminate conclusion make me think -- even more than the violent rape scene that takes place relatively early on in the novel -- that this isn't really a young adult novel. Rather, it's a beautifully-written fictional companion to The Golden Bough.
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Publication	Hyperion (2002), Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date	2002
ISBN	078680792X / 9780786807925
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Primary language eng	English
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Summary 1	Pig Tale by Verlyn Flieger (2002)
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Number of copies	1
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