TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffmann,E.T.A.
AU  - Moncrieff,Christopher
TI  - The Sandman
SN  - 9781847493279 (paperback)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
PB  - Alma Classics
KW  - Hoffmann, E. T. A.
N1  - Translated from the German; First published in German in 1816
N2  - GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. The young student Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fears: he is convinced that Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father  -  the latter dying as a consequence of one of these sessions  -  was none other than the Sandman, a mythical figure who was said to steal the eyes of children who refused to go to sleep. When a mysterious Italian salesman with a beautiful daughter moves into town, Nathanael's suspicions are reawakened, pushing him to the brink of madness as extraordinary event unfold
ER  -