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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Tales from Grimmdi Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The second best collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales ( ) I picked up this collection of fourteen fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm because it is illustrated by Dutch artist Lidia Postma, whose work my friend Suna had enthusiastically recommended to me. I'm glad I did, as I enjoyed both illustrations and text, and appreciated the mix of better and lesser-known tales included by editor and translator Naomi Lewis. Some of the selections here, from the titular The Twelve Dancing Princesses, in which a poor soldier solves the puzzle of the king's daughters, and their night-time shenanigans, to Hansel and Gretel, in which two siblings are abandoned in the forest by their parents, and eventually find their way to an edible house belonging to a witch, will be very familiar to readers. Everyone (I sincerely hope) has heard of Cinderella and Snow White, which are also included, but some of the other selections might either be unknown to them, or might be the sort that they've only seen in larger collections. The immensely disturbing Thousandfurs (retold elsewhere as Many Furs), with its themes of incest, the "enchanted bridegroom" story of The Donkey, the Aladdin-like The Spirit in the Bottle, are all tales that are retold less frequently. Readers will be familiar with Iron Hans, but will they know the story of The Mongoose, which also depicts a prince who is aided in the winning of his princess? One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes, about three sisters, each of whom have a different number of eyes, is beloved of a number of friends of mine, but I can't say I often see it anthologized. The Golden Bird, which always strikes me as a German variant of the more famous Russian Tale of Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire-bird and Grey Wolf (except with a fox, rather than a wolf), is another one I don't see that frequently; while The Three Little Men in the Wood, which is strongly reminiscent of the Grimm tale concerning Mother Holly, is one I can't recall reading before (although I must have, since I've read the complete Grimm on a number of occasions). As someone who loves fairy-tales of all kinds, and the Brother Grimm in particular, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion - barring some sort of revisionist misinterpretation or butchered translation - that I would enjoy The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Tales from Grimm. But the artwork by Lidia Postma - the real reason, as mentioned above, that I selected this specific collection - greatly enhanced my reading experience. The paintings here have a soft, sometimes indistinct quality to them, at times, but are still immensely expressive. I particularly liked the one depicting the princesses crossing the underground lake (as seen on the cover), and the one of the melancholy donkey, holding his lute. Postma captures both the mystery and excitement of these stories very well, making me eager to track down more of her work. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A collection of fourteen fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, including "The Donkey," "The Mongoose," "Iron John," and "Jorinda and Joringel." Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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