Popular tales are mechanisms of society to keep traditions, indiosyncrasies, and identity elements. Besides, they constitute an endless source of lessons for life, of popular knowledge, of theat "common sense" which allows peoples keep the desirable social relationships. The adaptations of these works, sometimes, do not totally respect some important original elements, and in some occasions they eliminate some essences of a localist type, so enriching for the stories. The risk with these publications may lay on the excessive internationalization of plots, which erase relevant details, so as to reach a broader range of readers from differents countries and cultures.

HÄNSEL AND GRETEL.

In this version published by La Galera we can find a good adaptation of the story, as well as the images, which respects the original work considerably (this one being longer and with more details).

Author: Irmáns Grimm / lllustrator: Cristina Losantos

La Galera

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