The book is a comparative study of the short stories of three contemporary women writers of different nationalities -Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Suniti Namjoshi - both at the thematic level as well as narrative level focusing on the elements of feminism and fairytales in their short stories. These writers have reworked traditional fairy tale narratives to counter the destructive tendencies of patriarchal values and the prevailing male-female arrangements and present an alternative female paradigm by bringing women to the centre and erasing the margins. Focusing on women, these writers...