{"product_id":"2026100012350-secondhand-the-story-of-a-nutcracker","title":"The Story Of A Nutcracker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: moderate marks and specks on the board, otherwise internally sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nMacCarthy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022640021723,"sku":"2026100012350-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/844f6d6c-ca1d-4012-b1ff-4c375ac7e4da.png?v=1793665390","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012350-secondhand-the-story-of-a-nutcracker","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}