Karel Jaromír Erben Libri

Il popolo ceco, come altre nazioni europee, custodisce da secoli un prezioso tesoro di fiabe. Grazie al lavoro di Božena Němcová e Karel Jaromír Erben, storie un tempo trasmesse oralmente sono state raccolte e conservate. Questa selezione avvicina il lettore di lingua tedesca alla cultura ceca, incantando i bambini con l'inizio classico: "C'era una volta..."

Tato kniha byla vydána českým nakladatelstvím Twisted Spoon Press, které sídlí v Praze a vydává díla českých a slovanských autorů v anglickém jazyce. Oficiální anotace nakladatelství: Erben compiled and wrote A Bouquet based on his studies of Slavic folklore. First published in 1853, it is dotted with murder and mayhem : graves opening and the dead walking the earth, the animate becoming the inanimate and vice versa, ogres and monsters of lake and wood, human transformations reminiscent of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Written as ballads, Marcela Sulak's new translation perfectly captures their cadence and rhythm in an English that is fresh and energetic. Through the years A Bouquet has come to be regarded as a masterpiece and wellspring of inspiration to artists of all stripes, including Antonín Dvořák, who composed a series of symphonic poems to some of these tales. Of the many illustrators who have contributed to the various editions that have appeared over the past century and a half, Alén Diviš's artwork is generally considered the most powerful. This edition also includes Erben's own notes explaining the origins of many of these tales. Translated from Czech and introduced by Marcela Malek Sulak. Artwork by Alén Diviš.