- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Lysander Press (31 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0973709006
- ISBN-13: 978-0973709001
- Product Dimensions: 21.9 x 17.7 x 1.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,031,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 19th century reflected life as known to the German people of the time - fantastic, yet often unpredictable and pernicious. Patriotic folklorists, they began their collection of tales with the intent of preserving the endangered German oral tradition from a Napoleonic rule intent on suppressing local culture. From their earliest release and translation, conservative parents and ecclesiastics disparaged the tales for their vestigial, raw, Gothic content and the brothers and a myriad of editors began to soften them to demure morality and sweetness to make appeal to the upper classes what began as earthy peasant fare. This is no such revision, sanitized of objectionable material; these are the grimmest. Cannibalism, child abuse, dismemberment, slaughter of innocents, the walking dead & deals with the devil are all prevalent in these lesser-known works of the brothers Grimm, here lushly illustrated for the sick little monkey that is your inner child. Featuring 94 illustrations by Terry Beal, Benchacco, Jon Ferril, Luc Hebert, Kelly Levy, Kathryn McLaughlin, Karen Petroff, Katy Rose & Cyrus Rua.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
"Fairy-stories are not necessrily for children"
26 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback
When I was a kid, I had that rather dog-eared, whitish book, with lots of fairy-tales and almost no illustrations. Yet I loved it, as I did the tales of The Grimm brothers.
Then I grew up, went to University and little by little, the name Grimm no longer reminded me of pretty maidens, kept in tall towers by ugly old witches or of handsome princes, coming to rescue them (or rather sneak into the maidens' room;)), but of language origins, Germanic sound shifts and linguistics.
And then I chanced to come across The Grimmest of Grimm and all of a sudden I was brought back all those years ago, to the days when I was reading about the boy playing at bowls with ghosts' skulls (only to finally learn what it is like to have the shivers, when he got himself a wife;)
The Grimmest of Grimm is a book created with lots of love; a book with a heart and a life of its own; a book which, with the simple way in which the tales are told and its plentiful illustrations, is suitable as much for kids, who hear them for the first time, as it is for adults, who have grown tired of reading books, written in a "language, which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style".
The Grimmest of Grimm is a feast not only for the mind, but for the eyes, as well; a read which carries one over to a different time and place, a gateway to the dream-world of childhood, in which ghosts and spirits walk the earth and where everything is fresh and new; a world where good still wins over evil and virtue triumphs over vice.
Then I grew up, went to University and little by little, the name Grimm no longer reminded me of pretty maidens, kept in tall towers by ugly old witches or of handsome princes, coming to rescue them (or rather sneak into the maidens' room;)), but of language origins, Germanic sound shifts and linguistics.
And then I chanced to come across The Grimmest of Grimm and all of a sudden I was brought back all those years ago, to the days when I was reading about the boy playing at bowls with ghosts' skulls (only to finally learn what it is like to have the shivers, when he got himself a wife;)
The Grimmest of Grimm is a book created with lots of love; a book with a heart and a life of its own; a book which, with the simple way in which the tales are told and its plentiful illustrations, is suitable as much for kids, who hear them for the first time, as it is for adults, who have grown tired of reading books, written in a "language, which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style".
The Grimmest of Grimm is a feast not only for the mind, but for the eyes, as well; a read which carries one over to a different time and place, a gateway to the dream-world of childhood, in which ghosts and spirits walk the earth and where everything is fresh and new; a world where good still wins over evil and virtue triumphs over vice.
Artistic, Masterful Portrayal of Original Text
23 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
Artistically presented and masterfully portrayed, the Grimmest of Grimm stays true to the original text and intent of the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
As another reviewer states, yes, the text is large, and there is white space throughout the layout, but that is part of the artistic portrayal of these wonderful stories.
By translating the tales from the original language and presenting them as they were originally written (without the watered-down "Disney fairy tale" endings and redacted grim details), the illustrations pair perfectly with the dank, dark realities as presented the way they were meant to be.
Additionally, because the illustrations were created by several artists and were tailored to each tale, the art not only brings out the best in the stories but also brings them to life as if they could leap off the pages into reality.
Particularly pleasing is the artistic presentation of the book, which includes large text and wide borders that call attention to the details of the tales as well as the pictures and how they interrelate. This book was meant to be a work of art, not just a collection of words on a page, and it accomplishes that task with abundant finesse.
I highly recommend this book to any Brothers Grimm fan, newly initiated Grimm reader, and anyone who wants to experience the tales as they were meant to be realized.
As another reviewer states, yes, the text is large, and there is white space throughout the layout, but that is part of the artistic portrayal of these wonderful stories.
By translating the tales from the original language and presenting them as they were originally written (without the watered-down "Disney fairy tale" endings and redacted grim details), the illustrations pair perfectly with the dank, dark realities as presented the way they were meant to be.
Additionally, because the illustrations were created by several artists and were tailored to each tale, the art not only brings out the best in the stories but also brings them to life as if they could leap off the pages into reality.
Particularly pleasing is the artistic presentation of the book, which includes large text and wide borders that call attention to the details of the tales as well as the pictures and how they interrelate. This book was meant to be a work of art, not just a collection of words on a page, and it accomplishes that task with abundant finesse.
I highly recommend this book to any Brothers Grimm fan, newly initiated Grimm reader, and anyone who wants to experience the tales as they were meant to be realized.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Almost a book
9 May 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is not so much a book as a puffed up leaflet. The text is huge, and the pages are filled with what appear to be doodles done by bored ninth graders. There is no discussion or context. It is a tiny collection stories and nothing more. Shrink its margins and text to more normal size, cut the art, Cut back on white space and you ind yourself looking at maybe twenty pages. I'm being giving when I say that.
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