by Maria Gripe · EDICIONES SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434808591
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«Los hijos del vidriero» is the children's fantasy novel by Maria Gripe, published by EDICIONES SM in 2002 in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Klaus and Klara, children of a glassmaker, mysteriously disappear after visiting a fair. They are taken to a mansion where the Lord of All Desires and his dissatisfied wife live, who have kidnapped them as a gift for her. The work, which raises where the true wealth of the human being lies, values family love to overcome difficulties.
It belongs to the El Barco de Vapor Naranja series, volume 4. The author, born in Sweden in 1923, received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1974. Spanish translation by Julia Arnau.
Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books. For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974.
