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Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carved him.
Having brought his legions of devoted readers to Oz in Wickedand to Wonderland inAfter Alice, Maguire now takes us to the realms of the Brothers Grimm and E. T. A. Hoffmann?the enchanted Black Forest of Bavaria and the salons of Munich. Hiddensee imagines the backstory of the Nutcracker, revealing how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how he guided an ailing girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a Christmas Eve. At the heart of Hoffmann's mysterious tale hovers Godfather Drosselmeier?the ominous, canny, one-eyed toy maker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's fairy-tale ballet?who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.
But Hiddenseeis not just a retelling of a classic story. Maguire discovers in the flowering of German Romanticismties to Hellenic mystery-cults?a fascination with death and the afterlife?and ponders a profound question: How can a person who is abused by life, shortchanged and challenged, nevertheless access secrets that benefit the disadvantaged and powerless? Ultimately, Hiddenseeoffers a message of hope. If the compromised GodfatherDrosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.
Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carved him.
Having brought his legions of devoted readers to Oz in Wickedand to Wonderland inAfter Alice, Maguire now takes us to the realms of the Brothers Grimm and E. T. A. Hoffmann?the enchanted Black Forest of Bavaria and the salons of Munich. Hiddensee imagines the backstory of the Nutcracker, revealing how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how he guided an ailing girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a Christmas Eve. At the heart of Hoffmann's mysterious tale hovers Godfather Drosselmeier?the ominous, canny, one-eyed toy maker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's fairy-tale ballet?who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.
But Hiddenseeis not just a retelling of a classic story. Maguire discovers in the flowering of German Romanticismties to Hellenic mystery-cults?a fascination with death and the afterlife?and ponders a profound question: How can a person who is abused by life, shortchanged and challenged, nevertheless access secrets that benefit the disadvantaged and powerless? Ultimately, Hiddenseeoffers a message of hope. If the compromised GodfatherDrosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked?the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award?winning Broadway musical of the same name?Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| Inhalt: | 287 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780062684370 |
| ISBN-10: | 006268437X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Maguire, Gregory |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gregory Maguire |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.10.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,335 kg |
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked?the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award?winning Broadway musical of the same name?Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| Inhalt: | 287 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780062684370 |
| ISBN-10: | 006268437X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Maguire, Gregory |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
| Maße: | 228 x 154 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gregory Maguire |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.10.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,335 kg |
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