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The true story of Hansel and Gretel : a novel of war and survival

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublication details: [Old Saybrook, Ct.] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2014.Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 audio discs (approximately 10 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781494500757
  • 1494500752
  • 9781494530754 (library edition)
  • 1494530759 (library edition)
Other title:
  • Hansel and Gretel
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3563.U7446 T78 2014ab
Read by Michael Page.Summary: "In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel". They wander in the woods until they are taken in by Magda, an eccentric and stubborn old woman called "witch" by the nearby villagers. Magda is determined to save them, even as a German officer arrives in the village with his own plans for the children.Combining classic themes of fairy tales and war literature, Louise Murphy's haunting novel of journey and survival, of redemption and memory, powerfully depicts how war is experienced by families and especially by children" --Summary: A retelling of the classic fairy tale, set in Nazi-occupied Poland, follows two Jewish children, left by their father and stepmother to seek refuge in a dense forest, as they wander the woods until being taken in by Magda, an eccentric old woman.
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AUD CD AUD CD Chamberlin Free Public Library Audio CD AUD CD MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000516231

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Compact discs.

Read by Michael Page.

"In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel". They wander in the woods until they are taken in by Magda, an eccentric and stubborn old woman called "witch" by the nearby villagers. Magda is determined to save them, even as a German officer arrives in the village with his own plans for the children.Combining classic themes of fairy tales and war literature, Louise Murphy's haunting novel of journey and survival, of redemption and memory, powerfully depicts how war is experienced by families and especially by children" --

A retelling of the classic fairy tale, set in Nazi-occupied Poland, follows two Jewish children, left by their father and stepmother to seek refuge in a dense forest, as they wander the woods until being taken in by Magda, an eccentric old woman.

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