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1 blank leaf + TP + half title + 3-164 + [165] = Inhalt + [166-168] = publisher's advertisements, Octavo. First EditionIn these three children's stories, Salomé uses her literary talents to produce an incredibly creative novel, melding biological science and fantasy into a psychological fiction. In the first tale, "The Hour without God", she incorporates Freudian themes into her story: the importance of infancy, the loss of religion, the child's interest in sex, self-identification, and self hatred. Through Ursula, the character central to this and the other two stories, Salomé recounts personal experiences where she encountered a crisis of faith after God failed to answer her prayers and bring joy to the world. In "The Tales of the Daisies and the Clouds", Ursula and her baby brother enter a flower and marry each other and have hundreds of children, experiencing true happiness and love that lasts for a thousand years. However, a disaster that ended this happiness sends Ursula and her brother searching for love and happiness again, which they later is embodied in their mother. After adventures across the land, sea, and sky, they are finally rescued. In "The Alliance between Tor and Ur", Ursula meets Torvald, who involves her in a make-believe adventure of lordship, servility, magic, and childish joy. Ursula follows Tor to a "world" of his own that he established behind their school. Here, they engage in alternative lives and characters, which Salomé uses to explore childhood perspectives on gender, rebellion, authority, and love. Original publisher's binding with navy and peach lettering and decorations to the front cover and blue lettering to the spine. The boards are ever so slightly bowed and just a bit worn, but otherwise, this is a clean, tight, and beautiful copy of this book. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1136
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