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Chargement... Gretel on Her Ownpar Elna Holst
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. If you've followed my reviews, you know I'm a sucker for a fairy tale retelling. This was an absolutely brilliant one! (Although I suppose it's more of a sequel - Gretel is in fact all grown up and the original fairy tale is alluded to). The way Holst updated and molded a classic tale absolutely captivated me. I dove in one night and didn't come up for air until morning. The prose was more captivating than a house of gingerbread is to two hungry children. My heart went out to Gretel, her life hadn't been easy, but she's strong yet relatable. A great read for anyone who wants to know what happened after Gretel grew up. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Once upon a time, a brother and sister were led away into the depths of the forest. It was only to protect them, their mother explained and the brother concurred; yet he insisted on pebbles, bread crumbs. He insisted on looking back for cats and pigeons and whatnots, brightened by the touch of the sun. Twenty years later, Gretel Kindermann is on her own: her father has taken himself off to Dortmund, her mother is a fixture at the local mental healthcare institution, and her brother Hänsel, oh- At the heart of the matter, like a thorny-rooted weed, is Frau Heckscher, the purveyor of all things sweet in the little village at the lip of the forest. And now, perhaps, also a niece that no one has heard of before, lately arrived from Vienna to wreak havoc on poor Gretel's nerves and heart. In Gretel on Her Own, Elna Holst offers a contemporary sapphic twist to your favourite Germanic fairy tale of homicidal arsonists and houses built out of baked goods, trickster witches, and parenting skill... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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