In the rewriting of this fairy tale of European tradition, the strong colours of the Baroque version of Cunto de li cunti by Basile, the romantic elements of the Grimm brothers, the Anglo-Saxon elegance of the Pre-Raphaelites and certain Gothic suggestions at Tim Burton are mixed. We know well that certain stories are eternal precisely because they have been able to cross time and remain the same as themselves. What matters, what interests us, is never "how it ends" - that we have known for a long time. What matters is history, its pace, its development, its ritual.
In this philologically flawless version, the story is all there, with the variant of the change of final perspective that does not alter in any way the narration, but is limited to redeeming the protagonist's passivity. And there are the extraordinary images of the award-winning author and illustrator.