True Story of Hansel and Gretel
by:
Louise Murphy (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417704668 (1417704667)
Publish date: July 29th 2003
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
History,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Fairy Tales,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Poland
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Louise Murphy Paperback, 320 pages Published July 29th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published January 1st 2003) ISBN 0142003077 ISBN13: 9780142003077 Louise Murphy retells the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale in a gripping Holocaust survival narrative. Her unforgett...
NO SPOILERS!!!Look at the title of this book. It tells exactly what you will get from this book! Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale, this is that fairy tale rewritten for adults. I had been warned by reading numerous reviews that this would be a dark tale. I had no idea it would be so very dark. Don'...
What a beautiful read. I must say I had a difficult time with this book though. I thought reading Those Who Save Us was difficult. This book was more difficult for me because it involved Jewish children during WWII Poland. In my opinion, it is a must read.
Many writers make use of fairy tale motifs in thier writing. Murphy isn't even the first writer to make use of such motifs in a tale set during the Holocaust. Yolen's Briar Rose pre dates this. Murphy's tale has all the power of Yolen's novel.Murphy does not deal totally with centeral characters;...
14 years ago
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