by Wilhelm Hauff · La Gaya · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470805363
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«El emperador cigüeña» is the storybook by Wilhelm Hauff, published by La Gaya Ciencia in paperback (139 pages, in Spanish).
Wilhelm Hauff recreates in this volume a fantasy of Oriental inspiration reminiscent of One Thousand and One Nights, but with the sensibility of German Romanticism. The tales combine the exotic and the marvellous in a tone accessible to young readers.
1973 edition in the Moby Dick collection, Biblioteca de Bolsillo Junior, number 36. With illustrations by Tarja Jarvinen.
Intended for readers aged 8 to 12, interested in classic tales and narratives with an Oriental setting.
Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist known for his stories and novels. Raised in Stuttgart and educated in Tübingen, he wrote fairy tales such as Der kleine Muck and Das kalte Herz, the historical romance Lichtenstein, and the parody Der Mann im Mond. He died of typhoid fever at age 24. Blending exotic and fantastic motifs with German settings, his tales remain popular in German-speaking countries.
