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| Original Title: | Die Kleine Hexe |
| ISBN: | 352210580X (ISBN13: 9783522105804) |
| Edition Language: | German |
Otfried Preußler
Hardcover | Pages: 127 pages Rating: 4.19 | 8829 Users | 194 Reviews
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- Hello Manny, do you recognize me? - No, who are you? - Come on. - No idea. - I'm your subconscious. - Oh... right. It's true, you did look familiar. Well, what've you been doing? - Thinking about sex, mostly. Let me tell you my latest fantasy. There's-- - Subconscious, this is not an appropriate time! People are listening! Have you no sense of shame? - No. - Okay... I guess you wouldn't. So, uh, what else have you been doing? Read anything recently? - Same as you, Manny, same as you. - What did you think of Die kleine Hexe? - What did you think of it, Manny? - Oh, I don't know. It improved my German. I thought it was a bit girly, to be honest. - But what did you think it was about? - Nothing much. A cute story about a kind witch who decides to be different and go around helping people. - Honestly, Manny. You really thought that was what it was about? - Well, what else? And don't say sex. - I wasn't going to. - Alright, Subconscious, what's your theory then? Since you're obviously dying to tell me. - It's about the Third Reich. - Jesus Christ, Subby, every time we read a book in German you tell me it's about the Third Reich. You said the German translation of The Little Prince was about the Third Reich. - But this one really is! - Look, 45 people on Goodreads have reviewed this book, and not one of them has even hinted at connections with the Third Reich. - Okay, let's walk you through it. The heroine of the book is a witch who lives with a raven called Abraxas. Now who is he? - Her familiar? - Yes, yes, but what does he represent? Think Pinocchio, Manny. - Oh, er, right. Jiminy Cricket. The raven's always giving her moral advice. He's her conscience. - Pretty slow today, Manny. And what happens when the witch takes her conscience's advice? - Well... she gets in a lot of trouble. It turns out that in witch society you're supposed to be evil. So someone who acts morally is in fact a very bad witch. - Now Manny, where and when was this book written? - Germany, 1957. - And had anything recently happened there that might remind you of the witch society? - Ah... well... look, I see where you're going, but I don't buy it. Too much of a stretch. - Have it your own way, Manny, have it your own way. I can show you the facts, but I can't make you believe them. - Look, Subconscious, can we talk about something else? - Absolutely! Let's get back to my fantasy. There's these two hot girls...
Details Out Of Books Die kleine Hexe
| Title | : | Die kleine Hexe |
| Author | : | Otfried Preußler |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 127 pages |
| Published | : | January 31st 1957 by Thienemann (first published 1957) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fantasy. European Literature. German Literature. Classics |
Rating Out Of Books Die kleine Hexe
Ratings: 4.19 From 8829 Users | 194 ReviewsJudge Out Of Books Die kleine Hexe
Originally written in German this English translation is great. It's about a young (127-ish) witch who tries to be good in order to be invited to an annual witches event. The book and illustrations are beautiful also.Really cute story about a witch who wants nothing more than to dance with the older witches on Walpurgisnacht. She has to prove that she is worthy of it, so for a whole year we follow the witch as she does her best to be good and learn more witchcraft. Very different ending from what I envisioned and perhaps not the best for children, but I still enjoyed it.
My kids loved this book. It was the first book in awhile that my 10 year old wanted to hear me read, he would come over every time he heard me start to read it to my eight year old. It is a cute , sweet, non scary book about a funny little witch who is just trying to be good little witch. As soon as we finished, they wanted us to start it all over again.
interesting, in some parts quite brutal, but good read.
I'm so happy to have discovered Otfried Preusßler! This book is an enjoyable adventure. Quite similar in style to Roald Dahl (even the illustrations have similar style) except Die Kleine Hexe is a cute and mischievous little witch girl. Too bad the older witches are boring old bullies. Die Kleine Hexe should just forget about them, and party every Walpurgisnacht with den Rabe Abraxas and the baseborn muggles um I mean the human kids instead!
Audio play from the 1960s (I'm guessing)"Die kleine Hexe" (The Little Witch) was one of the very first books I've read - or rather devoured continuously - when I was a kid in the late 70s. The novel's heroine was my ultimate role model. I loved the audio play even more and cried bitter tears when my tape went the way of the Dodo. Now I've finally found it and reverted back into a 6- or 7-year-old child within just a few minutes of listening to it, sitting in my old room in all its glorious 70s
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