Overview
Una asombrosa reinvenciĆ³n de Blancanieves y La bella durmiente con una pincelada de nigromancia, que cautivarĆ” a los lectores desde la primera pĆ”gina hasta su insĆ³lito final.
Era una de esas brujas de los bosques, condenada a la marginaciĆ³n mil aƱos atrĆ”s, una mala persona. Maldijo a la pequeƱa el dĆa que naciĆ³, para que, cuando la joven cumpliera dieciocho aƱos, al pincharla con un huso en el dedo se durmiera para siempre.
A vuelo de pƔjaro, era el reino mƔs cercano al de la reina, pero ni siquiera los pƔjaros volaban sobre Ʃl.
Esta historia tal vez os resulte familiar: hay una joven reina a punto de casarse. Hay algunos enanos buenos, fuertes y valientes; hay un castillo rodeado de una maraƱa de espinos; y hay una princesa a la que, segĆŗn se rumorea, una bruja condenĆ³ al sueƱo eterno.
Pero aquĆ nadie espera que aparezca un noble prĆncipe montado en suĀ fiel corcel y dispuesto a arreglar las cosas. Si una joven reina quiere demostrarse a sĆ misma que puede ser una heroĆna, rescatar a una princesa es una ocasiĆ³n perfecta...
Este cuento de hadas estĆ” urdido con un hilo de magia negra q
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling author, Newbery Medal champion, and Carnegie Medal award-winner, Neil Gaiman, and illustrator Chris Riddell, have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can", featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com).
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The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle, which the Guardian calls "a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story."
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In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White's (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty's (almost) stories.
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This story was originally published (without illustrations) in Rags & Bones (Little, Brown, 2013). This is the first time it is being published as an illustrated stand-alone edition. And the book is a beautiful work of art.
This book title, La joven durmiente y el huso / The Sleeper and the Spindle, ISBN: 9788419456250, by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (January 23, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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