Walker, Wendy
Walker, Wendy (1951– ),American writer. Her book The Sea‐Rabbit, or, The Artist of Life (1988) is a collection of six tales based on the Grimms' Kinder‐ und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales) along with two new stories about Samson and Delilah and the woman who lived in a shoe, and a parable about the cathedral of Notre Dame. Walker seeks to alter our customary notions about the classical fairy‐tale tradition by fleshing out the lives of the original characters, probing their psyches, and altering narrative perspectives. In the title tale of the book, The Sea Rabbit, based on the Grimms' ‘The Little Hamster from the Water’, she presents an unlikely protagonist who refuses to accept the role of hero, for he is not particularly enamoured of the cruel and haughty princess, who takes pleasure in cutting off the heads of her...
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