Princess Lissla Lissar, reborn post-trauma as the titular Deerskin, is a princess who saves herself. This re-telling features a visceral rape scene, as well as many other instances of mortal and animal peril. In Deerskin, our princess has the love and guardianship of an incredible hound, but she is unable to escape the madness of the King until it is much. In Donkeyskin, she is helped by a fairy godmother.
Both feature a King, maddened at the death of his beautiful Queen, who chooses that his next wife will be his teenage daughter. Hooray!īe warned: Deerskin and, to a slightly lesser extent, Donkeyskin, feature some truly vile behavior at and from the hands of men.
Both of these entries are picks for our upcoming #cannonbookclub event- and I’ll be discussing Deerskin further during our Zoom- but in the meantime, let these two help you choose your pick(s)! Also- both of these tales of girls on the cusp of womanhood have been reclaimed and retold by women. What we have here are two retellings of classic fairy tales: Charles Perrault’s deeply upsetting Donkeyskin (recently reviewed by our very own BlackRaven) and Hans Christian Andersen’s also unsettling The Little Mermaid. And as she unlocks a door to a world of magic, Lissar finds the key to her survival and begins an adventure beyond her wildest dreams.Well, not exactly. With her loyal dog Ash at her side, Lissar finds refuge in the mountains where she has the chance to heal and start anew. But on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Lissar's exquisite looks become a curse…īetrayed and abused, Lissar is forced to flee her home to escape her father's madness. As Lissar reaches womanhood, it becomes clear to everyone in the kingdom that she has inherited her late mother's breathtaking beauty. The only daughter of a beloved king and queen, Princess Lissar has grown up in the shadow of her parent's infinite adoration for each other-an infatuation so great that it could only be broken by the queen's unexpected passing. "A fierce and beautiful story of rage and compassion, betrayal and loyalty, damage and love…A fairy tale for adults, one you'll never forget."-Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic
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