Resultados para "The Grimmer" en Ficción contemporánea

Dall’edizione Marzocco del 1923 a cura di Italiano Marchetti, un audiolibro di fiabe dalle più svariate culture del mondo, legate da un sottile filo magico, narrate da Daniele Fior, Andrea Collavino, Paolo Fagiolo e con le voci di Viola, Niccolò e Tanja Fior.    

Pilehusene, der ligger et stykke uden for landsbyen Østerby, kunne ikke vaere mere forskellige. I det første hus bor enken Karen med sin smukke datter, Kalille. Kalille er lige så yndig som roserne, der vokser op ad huset, og huset er fyldt med latter og glaede. I huset ved siden af bor Store Ane med sin 18-årige søn Lars. I mange år har der hvilet en tung og mørk skygge over huset, for Anes mand, den fordrukne fragtmand Nelson, har gjort alt for at spolere glaeden og livslysten hos de mennesker, han burde holde af.

"Dummling and the Three Feathers": Once upon a time there lived a King who had three sons; the two elder were learned and bright, but the youngest said very little and appeared somewhat foolish, so he was always known as Dummling. - When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his end, he wished to leave the crown to one of his three sons, but could not decide to which. He thereupon settled that they should travel, and that the one who could obtain the most splendid carpet should ascend the throne when he died...

"Cinderella" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. A rich man's wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, "Dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you." With this she closed her eyes and died...

"The Little Brother and Sister" is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales). It is alternatively known as "Little Sister and Little Brother" or (in the Grimm's version) "Brüderchen und Schwesterchen". Tired of the cruel mistreatment they endure from their wicked stepmother, who is also a witch, a brother and sister run away from home one day. They wander off into the countryside and spend the night in the woods.

"Oh, If I Could But Shiver!" is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 4 in the collection. It was also included by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book (1889). - The Grimms' first, 1812 edition contained a much shorter version, "Good Bowling and Card Playing". - It is classified as its own Aarne-Thompson index type 326 of a male protagonist's unsuccessful attempts to learn fear, which eventually leads to his awareness of mortality. A father had two sons.

"Faithful John" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6. In some variants, a king on his deathbed orders his servant, Trusty John, not to let his son see a certain room, which holds a portrait of a princess. - In all variants, when the new king comes to power, he forces his way into the room. Instantly, he falls in love with the princess.

"Bearskin" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale no. 101. A man was a soldier, but when war ended, his parents were dead, and his brothers had no place for him. - A green-coated man with a cloven hoof appeared to him and offered to make him rich if he would for seven years not cut his hair, clip his nails, bathe, or pray, and wear a coat and cloak that he would give him. At the end, if he survived, he would be rich and free. If he died during the time, the devil would have him.

"Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130. A woman had three daughters: The eldest had one eye in the middle of her forehead, the second had two eyes like ordinary people, the third had three eyes; two on the sides of her head and a third in the middle of her forehead. Her mother and sisters scorned Little Two Eyes because she was like other people and treated her badly, leaving her only their leftovers to eat...

"Thumbling" is a German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, "How sad it is that we have no children! With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively.

"The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm. A woman offers her hand in marriage to a widower: in return, her daughter would wash and drink water, and the man's would wash with milk and drink wine. After performing a test to determine his choice, he marries the woman, who keeps her word. However, by the second day of marriage, both daughters bathe and wash with water.

"The Golden Goose" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (Tale 64). The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Simpleton. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of wine but is rebuffed. The eldest brother injures his arm felling a tree and is taken home. The second brother meets a similar fate.

"Frederick and Catherine" (also called "Freddy and Katy Lizzy") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 59. Frederick and Catherine were husband and wife. He left to do his work. She started to fry a sausage and thought she could get a beer while it cooked. In the cellar, drawing it, she realized the dog was loose and might eat the sausage, but the dog had already done so, and she chased it but could not catch it. Meanwhile, the keg of beer emptied itself into the cellar.

Mit einem Krafttier, Lebensmut und anderen guten Geistern gegen das Schicksal. Im Juli des Jahres 2012 kauft die Journalistin und Autorin Tamara Sänft ein Haus in Tannhuysen am Niederrhein. Dort findet sie das Tagebuch von Felicitas Haechmanns aus dem Jahr 1990. Direkt nachdem Tamara die Kladde ergriffen hat, spürt sie die magische Anziehungskraft, die von diesem Band ausgeht, noch bevor sie ein Wort gelesen hat.

Die zeitlosen Abenteuer von Aschenputtel, Schneewittchen, Rotkäppchen und Hänsel und Gretel faszinieren bis heute Jung und Alt.

Sabina kommt aus Russland nach Zürich, um sich in der psychiatrischen Klinik von Dr. C.G. Jung behandeln zu lassen. Und wird seine Geliebte. Fritz, der Sohn eines Schreiners, träumt von einer besseren Gesellschaft, bringt die Schweiz an den Rand einer Revolution und rettet Lenin in Russland das Leben. Beide sind sie mutig, widersprüchlich, zerrissen, betreten unaufhörlich Neuland. Ihre Schicksale kreuzen, spiegeln sich - und verlieren sich im Dunkel der europäischen Geschichte.

"Meine Mission hieß Rache. Die zog ich jetzt durch." Die niederbayerische Provinz in den Achtzigern: In Artlhofen tobt der Kulturkampf zwischen Kirche, CSU und der Anti-Atombewegung. Mittendrin der 18-jährige Oberministrant Vinzenz Bachmaier, der endlich auch einmal cool sein möchte. Aber statt zur Demo nach Wackersdorf muss er zur Wallfahrt nach Altötting mitfahren. So wird das nichts mit seiner Ricarda und der Karriere als Rockgitarrist. Als er schließlich mit seiner Band aus der katholischen Enge ausbricht und das Glück greifbar nah scheint, nimmt sein Leben eine tragische Wendung.

Als Stefan Hertmans sich zum Kauf eines alten Hauses in Gent entscheidet, ahnt er nichts von den Geschichten, die sich hinter dessen Mauern abgespielt haben. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach den Spuren der früheren Bewohner und entdeckt die fesselnde Geschichte eines SS-Offiziers und dessen pazifistischer Frau. Angetrieben von einem tiefen Bedürfnis nach Verständnis, tastet sich Hertmans an diese Figuren heran und beleuchtet damit zugleich die Tragödie eines ganzen Landes.