Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm A New English Version

by Pullman, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780670024971
• ISBN10: 067002497X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-08
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Summary

#1 New York Timesbestseller Philip Pullman retells the world's best-loved fairy tales on their 200th anniversary 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 Grimmand Once Upon a Timeand 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.

Author Biography

Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy has sold more than 15 million copies and been published in more than forty countries. The first volume, The Golden Compass, was made into a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Pullman is at work on a companion His Dark Materials novel entitled Book of Dust. He lives in Oxford, England.