false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170843346m/73915.jpg 73915 1 On the 200th anniversary of his birth, a new biography of the much-loved children's author, Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a storyteller for children of all ages, but he was more than that. He was a critical journalist with great enthusiasm for science, an existential thinker, an observant travel book writer, a passionate novelist, a deft paper cut-out artist, a neurotic hypochondriac, and a man with intense but frustrated sexual desires. This startling and immensely readable, definitive new biography by Danish scholar Jens Andersen is essential to a full understanding of the man whose writing has influenced the lives of readers young and old for centuries. Jens Andersen sheds brilliant new light on Hans Christian Andersen's writings and on the writer whose own life had many aspects of the fairytale. Like some of the memorable characters he created, Andersen grew up in miserable and impoverished circumstances. He later propagated myths about his life and family, but this new biography uncovers much about this man that has never been revealed before. 71512 28 3 2006 Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life 0 0 7 0 0 0 false false Mon Dec 29 08:11:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:11:12 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 19 12:18:39 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 12:18:39 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 07:14:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:14:29 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 17 19:40:25 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 19:40:25 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 17 16:46:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:46:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 17 13:08:27 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:08:34 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Aug 25 14:39:27 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 14:39:27 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=73915