About book Cuentos De Los Hermanos Grimm Para Todas Las Edades (2012)
I literally grew up with fairy tales old and new, from the Grimm Brothers themselves to Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter. I haven't read Grimm's Tales for many years now, and this book really brought me back to when I'd happily sit reading them over and over. This is an updated version of the tales but it's still the same tales we know and love, from the classics like Rapunzel to unusual ones like Thousandfurs.It's not the prettiest edition, although I love the cover. There's no illustrations. The best edition in my opinion is The Annotated Classic Fairytales, but this book does it's job. Philip Pullman adds his own little notes at the end of each story and gives us a little information about the history of the story. He's clearly done a lot of research although he does ramble on a bit sometimes.I picked up a few new favourites too, in particular Thousandfurs, the very strange tale of a Princess who runs away from her pedophilic father and becomes a poor maid in a castle. Then, in Grimm fashion, she wins the Princes heart by putting her jewellery in his soup and making it taste better. Another odd one that I loved is Hans-my-Hedgehog, about a half hedgehog man who lives and a tree and keeps pigs.I often noticed the religious undertones, which I hasn't noticed as a child. In some stories, it's all about being faithful. I'm glad Philip kept that in, even though he didn't seem to agree with it. He also keeps the violence and weirdness that is Grimm - Rumpelstiltskin tearing himself into two, a sister so outraged she hangs herself - tales we would never see in a children's book nowadays.Overall, I think this book is a great addition to my shelf and one I will keep for a long time - while I love the Annotated Tales, it's far too big for my shelf and only contains 26 of the tales, less than half than this book. I would love to see Pullman take on some other fairy tales like Charles Perrault's Bluebeard, that has always been a firm favourite of mine. The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are some of the most beloved of all fairy tales. This collection features such awesome stories as "Rapunzel," "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood" and many more classics. Some will sound familiar, even though you may not recognize the titles. This is because the Grimm stories are collected from other sources, and often these sources discovered their tales from elsewhere.Philip Pullman (and who better to do a collection like this) does an excellent job putting together these wonderful tales, and giving a brief descriptor and history of the tale at the end of each telling. He also gives a little anecdotal evidence within each descriptor, which helps you understand any of the changes he has made to the tales (although these are often necessary to actually understand them). Highly recommended collection of tales, and this is as good (or better) a format to read it as you will find, what with Philip Pullman at the helm.
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A nice collection, some lesser-known tales in here! Would've liked more input from Pullman though.
—lovem2020
An enjoyable set of tales, with some classic ones a little different from the well-known version.
—Kitty
It's really quite good, I'd forgot ton quite a lot of the tales!
—Tiff
Definitely not the sweet fairy tales I heard as a child.
—kitty
