{"product_id":"9780062684370","title":"Hiddensee","description":"By: Gregory Maguire     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of the beloved \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eWicked \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carves him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea, an island that is an enchanting bohemian retreat and home to a large artists' colony-- a wellspring of inspiration for the Romantic imagination . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving brought his legions of devoted readers to Oz in \u003cem\u003eWicked \u003c\/em\u003eand to Wonderland in \u003cem\u003eAfter Alice\u003c\/em\u003e, Maguire now takes us to the realms of the Brothers Grimm and E. T. A. Hoffmann-- the enchanted Black Forest of Bavaria and the salons of Munich. \u003cem\u003eHiddensee \u003c\/em\u003eimagines the backstory of the Nutcracker, revealing how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how he guided an ailing girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a Christmas Eve. At the heart of Hoffmann's mysterious tale hovers Godfather Drosselmeier-- the ominous, canny, one-eyed toy maker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's fairy tale ballet-- who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eHiddensee \u003c\/em\u003eis not just a retelling of a classic story. Maguire discovers in the flowering of German Romanticism ties to Hellenic mystery-cults-- a fascination with death and the afterlife-- and ponders a profound question: How can a person who is abused by life, shortchanged and challenged, nevertheless access secrets that benefit the disadvantaged and powerless? Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eHiddensee \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a message of hope. If the compromised Godfather Drosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback (9780062684370)","offer_id":47201895645411,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780062684370","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback (9780062687944)","offer_id":47201895776483,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780062687944","price":180.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780062684370.jpg?v=1758702359","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780062684370","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}