RUMPELSTILTSKIN AND OTHER GRIMM TALES

As dramatised at the Young Vic to rapturous acclaim, the book is designed for Grimm readers old and new, and with a refreshing disregard for contemporary squeamishness, you will have a terrific time with these quirky, gory tales. Carol Ann Duffy's versions of Grimm include some very familiar tales - Hansel and Gretel, the Golden Goose, the Musicians of Bremen, the Fox and the Geese, the Hare and Hedgehog, Clever Hans, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Ashputtel (Cinderella) and Little Red-cap - and some that will be new to many readers. There will be surprising and unexpected elements in them all as the layers of varnish that have built up over the years in the re-telling of these classic folk tales have been stripped back. Dramatic ink imagery, 190 page paperback.