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Eliza Granville

    Eliza Granville sa dlhodobo fascinuje trvácnosťou rozprávok a ich symbolikou. Jej román Gretel and the Dark vznikol zo záujmu o dôraz, ktorý bol týmto príbehom pripisovaný počas Tretej ríše. Granville skúma, ako sa temné témy prelínajú s detskou fantáziou, a odhaľuje hlboké psychologické pravdy ukryté v tradičných naratívoch. Jej štýl je evokatívny a prenikavý, ponúka čitateľom nové pohľady na známe motívy.

    Gretel and the dark
    • Vienna, 1899. Josef Breuer - celebrated psychoanalyst - is about to encounter his strangest case yet. Found by the lunatic asylum, thin, head shaved, she claims to have no name, no feelings - to be, in fact, not even human. Years later, in Germany, we meet Krysta. Krysta's Papa is busy working in the infirmary with the 'animal people', so little Krysta plays alone, lost in the stories of Hansel and Gretel, the Pied Piper, and more. And when everything changes and the real world around her becomes as frightening as any fairy tale, Krysta finds that her imagination holds powers beyond what she could have ever guessed.

      Gretel and the dark