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The King's Bride

Annotated Edition with an introduction by Paul Turner

ETA Hoffmann author Paul Turner translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Published:23rd Aug '24

Should be back in stock very soon

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Only single-volume edition in print of one of the most popular folk tales of German literature. Now part of Alma 101-Pages series of lesser-known classics.

Happily engaged to the poet Amandus, Fräulein Anna is horrified to discover that a beautiful ring, mysteriously deposited upon her finger whilst tending her kitchen garden, forces her into marriage with the gnome Corduanspitz. Can Anna find any way of removing the ring? Will her poet lover shake off his passive demeanour and come to her aid? And has Corduanspitz truly relinquished all ties to his gnome heritage?

Around a love story very much of its time, Hoffman arranges a narrative that brings to mind the most successful elements of contemporary magical realism and surreal comedy. Always entertaining, yet capable of a focused though subtle morality, The King’s Bride brings disparate elements into a masterful harmony.

ISBN: 9781847499257

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

128 pages