The Story Of A Nutcracker
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: moderate marks and specks on the board, otherwise internally sound.
Few tales have enchanted generations of readers quite like the magical world conjured in The Story of a Nutcracker, a free retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann's beloved original fairy tale, reimagined here by the literary duo of Desmond MacCarthy and Bryan Guinness. Set against a backdrop of Christmas wonder and childhood imagination, the story chronicles a young girl's extraordinary journey into a fantastical realm where toys come to life, a brave Nutcracker prince battles the fearsome Mouse King, and the boundaries between reality and dreams dissolve into pure enchantment. MacCarthy and Guinness bring their considerable literary sensibilities to Hoffmann's timeless source material, crafting a version that balances whimsy with genuine narrative tension, making it equally captivating for young readers and adults alike. Their prose retains the dreamlike, romantic quality of the original German Romantic tradition while rendering it accessible and immediate, and the gorgeous illustrations by Roland Pym lend the tale a vibrant, storybook vitality. This is a rare edition that reminds us why Hoffmann's nutcracker soldier has never truly left the cultural imagination — and why he never will.
Author: Desmond Maccarthy And Bryan Guinness
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: moderate marks and specks on the board, otherwise internally sound.
Few tales have enchanted generations of readers quite like the magical world conjured in The Story of a Nutcracker, a free retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann's beloved original fairy tale, reimagined here by the literary duo of Desmond MacCarthy and Bryan Guinness. Set against a backdrop of Christmas wonder and childhood imagination, the story chronicles a young girl's extraordinary journey into a fantastical realm where toys come to life, a brave Nutcracker prince battles the fearsome Mouse King, and the boundaries between reality and dreams dissolve into pure enchantment. MacCarthy and Guinness bring their considerable literary sensibilities to Hoffmann's timeless source material, crafting a version that balances whimsy with genuine narrative tension, making it equally captivating for young readers and adults alike. Their prose retains the dreamlike, romantic quality of the original German Romantic tradition while rendering it accessible and immediate, and the gorgeous illustrations by Roland Pym lend the tale a vibrant, storybook vitality. This is a rare edition that reminds us why Hoffmann's nutcracker soldier has never truly left the cultural imagination — and why he never will.