List Epithetical Books Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Title | : | Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version |
Author | : | Philip Pullman |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 405 pages |
Published | : | November 8th 2012 by Viking Adult (first published September 27th 2012) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Classics. Short Stories. Fairy Tales. Childrens. Retellings |
Philip Pullman
Hardcover | Pages: 405 pages Rating: 4.08 | 20479 Users | 989 Reviews
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Two hundred years ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children’s and Household Tales. Now, at a veritable fairy-tale moment—witness the popular television shows Grimm and Once Upon a Time and this year’s two movie adaptations of “Snow White”—Philip Pullman, one of the most popular authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm. From much-loved stories like “Cinderella” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Gretel” to lesser-known treasures like “Briar-Rose,” “Thousandfurs,” and “The Girl with No Hands,” Pullman retells his fifty favorites, paying homage to the tales that inspired his unique creative vision—and that continue to cast their spell on the Western imagination.Mention Books Toward Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Original Title: | Grimm Tales for Young and Old |
ISBN: | 067002497X (ISBN13: 9780670024971) |
Edition Language: | English |
Rating Epithetical Books Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Ratings: 4.08 From 20479 Users | 989 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Fine, but who is this book for? Pullman's versions of some of the Grimms folk stories are well enough written and his little summaries at the end of each tale gives a bit of background to where each story originated and the different versions that have been told in the past. But from the moment I received the book and discovered that, to my amazement, there are no illustrations, I couldn't help but wonder - who exactly is this book for?Pullman has updated the language but not the stories so weI can recommend reading this every winter. It has the perfect feeling for the night and it's always great to read classic fairy tales. Philip Pullman did a great job to research Brothers Grimms tales and I like that I also write so grown-up can read it to.
The tales themselves are fine, I've always like the Grimms' gatherings. The problem here is Pullman.It's unclear exactly what Pullman has done. He pretends to some level of academic credibility, but fails to provide it. I get the feeling he's read a few versions of each story and cobbled together his favourite bits into something he finds personally satisfying, but his notes are rather smug and self-serving. He claims that these stories are not "texts" in the way a modern novel is a text,
Fairytales are so weird ok. I mean, imagine the Grimm brothers getting the most violent and odd collection of tales together in a book, and then sometime later DISNEY gets a hold of them and says, "These would be perfect soft lovely children's story." Like sure, mate. Also how did you come to that conclusion, but you go.Anyway! I enjoyed reading these in their (slightly edited) original form! I hoped the Pullman commentary would be a bit more...longer or involved? It wasn't. So that was
I came to this edition of Grimm purely as an accompaniment to Shaun Tan's The Singing Bones a wonderful book of sculptures that illustrate these tales. I must admit to initially being more inspired by the illustrated history of Grimm fairy tales than the fairy tales themselves. However, Philip Pullman has done a nice job collating and "sprucing up" 50 of these stories. I guess your position on his stylistic choices may depend on how much of a Grimm scholar you are. A brief comparison of several
L O V E D I T . This collection of fairy tales was fun and satisfying. Please go out and get it asap.
3 1/2 stars.I was so excited when I saw this. I love fairy tales (especially fairy tale retellings!!), and I am a fan of Philip Pullman's work, so I thought that this would be totally awesome.As it is, these are not retellings of Grimms' fairy tales, they're just...tellings. He basically copy & pasted 50 Grimm tales and then added a couple paragraphs' commentary at the end of each. Occasionally he says something interesting, but mostly you could do without it. I recently recovered my edition
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