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When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.

Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German stories from the past 200 years. Macabre, dreamlike and expressing deep unconscious fears, these stories are also spiked with unsettling humour, showing stylistic daring as well as giving insight into the darkest recesses of the human condition. Peter Wortsman's powerful translations are accompanied by brief overviews of the lives of each author, and an introduction discussing the notion of 'angst' and the stories' place in the context of German history.

"Cendrillon", "Barbe Bleue" et autre corbeau de la fable... Les héros des "Contes d'antan" ont bercé notre enfance. Ils nous ont ouvert la porte d'un monde où les gentils se mariaient et avaient beaucoup d'enfants, les méchants étaient occis prestement et les imprudents châtiés. Un monde merveilleux où la morale et la justice seraient toujours sauves.

Das beliebte Märchen von den beiden Kindern, der Hexe und dem Pfefferkuchenhaus...