The Sandman
Descriere
Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fear that the lawyer 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 comes to town, Nathanael's suspicions are reawakened, pushing him to the brink of madness as extraordinary events unfold.
Despre autor
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann - de fapt Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, cel de-al treilea prenume a fost ales mai târziu de către autor, din admirație pentru Mozart – a fost un scriitor, compozitor și pictor romantic german.
