--- product_id: 655846484 title: "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West: 1 (Wicked Years, 1)" price: "€ 42.06" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/655846484-wicked-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-west store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West: 1 (Wicked Years, 1) **Price:** € 42.06 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West: 1 (Wicked Years, 1) - **How much does it cost?** € 42.06 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/655846484-wicked-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-west) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the smash hit musical and two major motion pictures. Look for part one of WICKED the movie, now streaming, and the stunning conclusion WICKED: FOR GOOD With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a work of classic fantasy literature to revisit for years to come. This iconic Oz retelling relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film. In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, the origin story of another little girl begins. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But in this Oz of deep moral ambiguity, Elphaba’s world is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, this revisionist fairy tale has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. "Maguire did something truly remarkable with this novel, in managing to inhabit, enlarge, deepen and find new dimensions in a world that had been invented by another writer, and in doing so make something entirely new. It’s an astonishing achievement." —Phillip Pullman "Gregory gets the complications and uniqueness of women very well."— Kristen Chenoweth "It's a staggering feat of wordcraft, made no less so by the fact that its boundaries were set decades ago by somebody else. Maguire's larger triumph here is twofold: First, in Elphaba, he has created (re-created? renovated?) one of the great heroines in fantasy literature: a fiery, passionate, unforgettable and ultimately tragic figure. Second, Wicked is the best fantasy novel of ideas I've read since Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or Frank Herbert's Dune. Would that all books with this much innate consumer appeal were also this good. And vice versa." —Los Angeles Times Review: Quality - Amazing Print Quality!! Review: Very well written and imagined. Waiting for my boards ... - Very well written and imagined. Waiting for my boards to get over so I can read the other books in peace :D thumbs up Gregory! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #595,533 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #201 in Romantic Fantasy #369 in Military Fantasy (Books) #372 in Fantasy Anthologies | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 11,689 Reviews | ## Images ![Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West: 1 (Wicked Years, 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Rlj17feeL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quality *by A***D on 12 December 2025* Amazing Print Quality!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very well written and imagined. Waiting for my boards ... *by M***A on 30 December 2014* Very well written and imagined. Waiting for my boards to get over so I can read the other books in peace :D thumbs up Gregory! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ served so hard *by N***A on 18 February 2025* whoa what a dark and deep book....totally diff from the movie but so worth it ⭐💘💘⭐ my #gelphie heart is so full 🫧🫧 ## Frequently Bought Together - Wicked [Movie tie-in]: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture―Now Streaming - Son of a Witch: A Novel (Wicked Years, 2) - A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in the Wicked Years (Wicked Years, 3) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/655846484-wicked-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-west](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/655846484-wicked-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-west) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-16*