by Gregory Maguire · LA ESFERA DE LOS LIBROS, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788491642534
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«Hiddensee: El cuento del Cascanueces que fue y será» is the fantasy novel by Gregory Maguire, published by La Esfera de los Libros in hardback.
Gregory Maguire explores the origin of the Nutcracker and the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves it and gives it to Klara, a sick girl. The action takes place in the Bavarian Black Forest and in the salons of Munich during German Romanticism, and asks whether a person can keep a secret capable of giving hope to the helpless.
This hardback edition has 348 pages in Spanish, with translation by Carla Bataller Estruch. The original work was published in 2017 and this edition in March 2018.
For readers of fantasy and new versions of classic tales, especially those who already know Gregory Maguire as the author of Wicked.
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film series with the first film released in 2024 and the second film released in 2025.
