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Hoffmann, among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics, is renowned for his humorous and sometimes horrifying tales of supernatural beings. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, focuses on those stories in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. This new translation includes The Golden Pot, The Sandman, Princess Brambilla, Master Flea, and My Cousin's Corner Window.

Todo el mundo conoce el gran ballet con musica de Tchaikovsky, Cascanueces pero el relato de Hoffmann en que esta obra fue basada no ha corrido la misma suerte y es lastima, por que como se puede ver en este maravilloso libro, la vena fantastica que caracterizo a Hoffmann.