The valiant little tailor : a novel / Éric Chevillard, translated by Jordan Stump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chevillard, Eric, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Stump, Jordan, 1959- translator.

Series:

The Margellos World Republic of Letters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2022]

Summary:

The classic Grimms' fairy tale of the valiant little tailor, as you’ve never heard it before Once upon a time, there lived a valiant little tailor who killed seven flies with one blow—but who is this narrator who has abruptly inserted himself into the story, claiming authorship? He’s indignant: the fairy tale, borne carelessly along by the popular imagination, subjected to the transformations of oral tradition, was collected in a lamentable state by the Brothers Grimm, and he intends to restore the tale and its giant-slaying, unicorn-fighting, boar-hunting star to their original magnificence. But the true hero of the story remains to be seen: Is it the tailor, the narrator, or someone else entirely? In this explosive retelling of the classic tale, Éric Chevillard enlists the reader in a dizzying game of crack-the-whip, with new directions and delights in every paragraph. At once irreverent and deeply sincere, this book is a mischievous, multifarious celebration of the power of stories and those who tell them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preamble

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Epilogue

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Chevillard, Eric The Valiant Little Tailor

ISBN:

0-300-26849-1

OCLC:

1338838247