And for his next trick, Iconic author Stephen King channels the work of some fellow legends. He will appear to release a new spine on the iconic brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Hansel and GretelWith no one except the artwork except the late Great Maurice Sendak.
Sendak, best known for its award -winning book Where are the wild things, passed away in 2012. However a few years earlier, he was given the task of creating sets and costumes for Hansel and Gretel Opera. These are those images that King were presented, and gave the opportunity to use as a basis for his story.
“When I was asked if I might be interested in writing a new interpretation Hansel and Gretel, Flexing it to fit (awkwardly) with a set and costumes that Maurice Sendak created for the Humperdinck opera of the story, I was interested, “King said in a press release. “When I saw the pictures myself, I solved to try it. Two of his pictures especially spoke to me: one was of the wicked witch on her broom with a bag of kidnapped children riding behind her; The other was from the slander candy store becoming a terrible face. I thought, “This is what the house really looks like, the devil sick of sin, and it only shows that face when the children turn their backs.” I wanted to write that! For me, it was the essence of this story and, really, all the stories: a sunny exterior, a dark and terrible center, brave and resourceful children. In some way, I wrote about children like Hansel and Gretel for much of my life. ”
You see one of the pictures above and here’s the other, along with the cover.
“Hansel and Gretel It is the deepest of all Grimm stories, “Sendak said in an interview in 1997.” Generally, most of Grimm is about heroic children. Hansel and Gretel are the most heroic of them all … It’s the hardest story in the world and people are afraid of it, yet it’s famous because it’s so true. ”
HarperCollins child books will release the Stephen King/Maurice Sendak Hansel and Gretel On 2 September.
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