Books with author Jon T. Hoffman

Bookplate on the front free endpaper signed by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Sendak designed brilliant set and costumes for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Christmas production of "Nutcracker" and has created 100 illustrations in color especially for this book. The renderings of the familiar opening Christmas Eve party becomes a bizarre and beautiful re-enactment of Marie's dream, and together with Ralph Manheim's translation, gives this venerable tale a new meaning for both children and adults. "E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King has finally been brought fully and faithfully to life in English. I feel fortunate to be alliled with this literary event" from intro. by Sendak . With a portfolio of promotional material from the publisher that includes 6 glossy 5x7 photographs related to the book. Some wear to extremities of dust jacket. xiv, iv , 102 pages. cloth, dust jacket, folder with promotional items loosely inserted. tall 8vo..

For nearly two hundred years, E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale of the Nutcracker has enchanted readers, inspired artists and composers, and delighted audiences around the world. In cities and towns everywhere, children thrill to annual performances of Tchaikovsky's classic Christmas ballet about a girl named Marie who helps a wooden nutcracker defeat an evil army of mice, and is rewarded by a visit to the magical dream world, the Land of Toys. Lisbeth Zwerger's stunning, all-new interpretation on The Nutcracker, adapted from the original Hoffmann tale, rounds out the story depicted in the ballet, exploring the background of the feud between the Nutcracker and the seven-headed Mouse King, the true role of the mysterious Drosselmeier, the tragic fate of Princess Pirlipat, the spell cast by Mistress Mousie that is finally broken by loyal Marie, and the satisfying, happily-ever-after conclusion to the great battle and fantastic journey. In pictures filled with wit and whimsy, drama, mystery, and magic, Lisbeth Zwerger transports us to the darkest reaches and brightest beauty of this fairy-tale world.