Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales

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Son historias cortas, de entre una y quince páginas, y es verdad que algunas no me han dicho gran cosa, pero en general me ha parecido un libro entretenido e interesante para conocer los cuentos populares de otras culturas.

In this book you get the real thing from many countries and traditions but they all contain ancient wisdom. While a large portion of these fairy-tales are extremely funny and silly, there's also a lingering sense of the macabre hiding between these pages. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. Todo un imaginario que Angela rescata desde los inuit hasta Japón pasando por Inglaterra, Birmania o Sudán.En fin, que no esperaba algo así por parte de esta editorial, que suele cuidar tanto sus ediciones, y me encuentro sorprendida para mal y algo decepcionada en este sentido. Oubliez les gentilles versions de Disney, ici les fées sont plutôt des démons, les morales sont parfois (souvent) douteuses, les contes très intriguant voire, même parfois incompréhensibles et, les personnages tous plus bizarres les uns que les autres.

This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia – and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. A chest of riches' TLS 'Trumps Grimm, with a world-wide selection of savage and funny stories' Observer 'A spicy collection of folk stories' Independent on Sunday 'A marvellous new anthology' TES 'A superb (and beautifully produced) anthology' Irish Times 'A winner, full of various peoples, wicked, funny and bizarre' A. It is lovely to have the new edition but it would be nice if the information about the book made it clear that it is a re-issue. Fairy tales are such a fun way to tell a story: they’ve been evolving so long, so they’re flexible, and they’re so familiar that when you make a change, it’s obvious what that change was and what you want to highlight.Several of the stories are written in a local dialect which makes for interesting reading and a serves as a reminder that you are reading a tale from a culture that you are not familiar with. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The stories, collected from all over the world, happen in times where monsters, ghouls, and fairies rule the world; animals talk; and every beautiful girl marries a prince.