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The Tinderbox
By Andersen, Yvonne & Moser, Barry & Andersen, H. Hellmuth
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31603-938-3
- Publisher
- Boston : Little, Brown and Co., c1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1990
Purists will be horrified. This is not just a retelling, but a complete re-imagining of the tale. Moser keeps the structure: a war-weary soldier acquires a tinderbox, ventures into a glittering underworld, and braves three huge dogs. The box' magic gives him access to wealth and to love: for the latter he nearly hangs, but the tinderbox saves him and all ends happily. Everything but the action, however, is Moser's: time, pl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
