Oude sprookjes

These aren't the softened versions you remember from childhood. Goeverneur retrieved the old magic, the genuine peril, the fairy dust that actually threatens. Here are Cinderella escaping her cinders through sheer will, Snow White fleeing murder, Little Red Riding Hood walking into the wolf's jaw. But also stranger tales, less familiar, equally ancient and wild. Eight stories that have lived in the European imagination for centuries, retold with economy and edge. They work on two levels at once: the surface enchantment that captures children, and the deeper architecture of desire, danger, and transformation that haunts adults. This is where the fairy tale returns to its roots, with all its original power intact. For readers who want the real thing.