Paul the puppeteer : with, the village on the moor and Renate
"Paul the Puppeteer is a magical tale which speaks to all ages. Storm's affectionate portrayal of the vanishing world of the marionette theater also contains sharp social comment. The jeer in the Low German title of the story, Pole Poppenspaler, is that of solid, guild-dominated society at the travelling puppeteers and their gypsy-like way of life. The Village on the Moor arises directly out of Storm's professional career: it is an account, told through an investigating lawyer's eyes, of the case of a mysterious death out on the moor, the chief suspect being a girl of sinister aura with whom the young deceased was in love. Both these works are translated into English for the first time. Renate records the memories of an eighteenth-century Lutheran pastor and his love for a farmer's daughter who is persecuted by the local community for alleged witchcraft; the clash between religious bigotry and spontaneous emotion drives one of the most moving stories in all Storm's fiction."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 2004
Angel ; [U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions], London, [Chester Springs, PA], 2004