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Hiddensee, a tale of the once and future Nutcracker, Gregory Maguire

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Hiddensee, a tale of the once and future Nutcracker, Gregory Maguire

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Hiddensee

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Responsibility statement

Gregory Maguire

Sub title

a tale of the once and future Nutcracker

Summary

"Hiddensee imagines the backstory of the Nutcracker, revealing how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how he guided an ailing girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a Christmas Eve. At the heart of Hoffmann's mysterious tale hovers Godfather Drosselmeier -- the ominous, canny, one-eyed toy maker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's ballet -- who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. But Hiddensee is not just a retelling of a classic story. Maguire discovers in the flowering of German Romanticism a migrating strain of Hellenic mystery-cult and ponders a profound question: How can a person who is abused by life, shortchanged and challenged, nevertheless access secrets that benefit the disadvantaged and powerless? Ultimately, Hiddensee offers a message of hope. If the compromised Godfather Drosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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