Tales of the Brothers Grimm

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

This book was especially created for Quality Paperback Book Club and is illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939), who remains one of the most famous children's book illustrators of any era. His inimitable line drawings and delicately tinted watercolors have helped shape our understanding of such classic works as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and A Christmas Carol.

326 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

An American poet, psychoanalyst and post-trauma specialist who was raised in now nearly vanished oral and ethnic traditions. She is a first-generation American who grew up in a rural village, population 600, near the Great Lakes. Of Mexican mestiza and majority Magyar and minority Swabian tribal heritages, she comes from immigrant and refugee families who could not read or write, or who did so haltingly. Much of her writing is influenced by her family people who were farmers, shepherds, hopsmeisters, wheelwrights, weavers, orchardists, tailors, cabinet makers, lacemakers, knitters, and horsemen and horsewomen from the Old Countries.

Reviews

[Vickie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting tales compared to Disney!! A bit gruesome, but these fairy tales weren't meant for children!

[Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

a synchronicity brought this book to me and reading it over the last few months has been a real treat