{"product_id":"gretel-and-the-dark","title":"Gretel and the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGretel and the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is Eliza Granville's dazzling novel of darkness, evil - and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Markus Zusak's \u003ci\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and Guillermo del Toro's \u003ci\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eVienna, 1899. Josef Breuer - celebrated psychoanalyst - is about to encounter his strangest case yet. Found by the lunatic asylum, thin, head shaved, she claims to have no name, no feelings - to be, in fact, not even human. Intrigued, Breuer determines to fathom the roots of her disturbance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, in Germany, we meet Krysta. Krysta's Papa is busy working in the infirmary with the 'animal people', so little Krysta plays alone, lost in the stories of Hansel and Gretel, the Pied Piper, and more. And when everything changes and the real world around her becomes as frightening as any fairy tale, Krysta finds that her imagination holds powers beyond what she could have ever guessed . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza Granville was born in Worcestershire and now lives in the Welsh Marches. She has had a life-long fascination with the enduring quality of fairytales and their symbolism, and the idea for \u003ci\u003eGretel and the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e was sparked when she became interested in the emphasis placed on these stories during the Third Reich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hamish Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241146453\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.16","offer_id":47909728026801,"sku":"SB-0241146453-C3","price":1.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241146453.jpg?v=1789205771","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/gretel-and-the-dark","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}