Wicked: Childhood

The long-awaited prequel to the famous novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which laid the foundation for the legendary musical and Oscar-winning film.
How did Elphaba live before she entered Shiz University? She is destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and fate gives her signs from birth. The most obvious one is her green skin. Less noticeable, but more important, is her intelligence, cunning... and willingness to step over moral norms if she needs to survive or achieve something.
Her childhood is spent with a carefree mother and a devout father. Her sister is disabled, her brother is a hooligan whose pranks gradually turn into crimes.
Elphaba encounters the oppression of Animals for the first time and makes friends with a ghostly monkey. She awakens her power for the first time and tries to find a friend who could save her from piercing loneliness. But everything she does leads her to the University of Shiz, where she is destined to meet a radiant being named Glinda...

Almost 30 years after the publication of "Wicked," Gregory Maguire will tell us for the first time about the childhood years of his famous heroine, offering readers an exciting coming-of-age story of the one and only green-skinned witch.
A brilliant fantasy on the theme of "The Wizard of Oz," which became a worldwide bestseller.
A beautiful cover with sparkling foil by the popular artists Polina Graf and Pikhta.
Translation by Alexandra Gavronskaya, which will help immerse fully into the harsh and beautiful world of the book.