Karen Duve's biting homage to the Brothers Grimm. Sneaky dwarfs, unruly wolves, disappointed princes, and emotionally cold princesses. Karen Duve has always been an enthusiastic reader of fairy tales, heroic sagas, and knight stories. She particularly loves the tales of the Brothers Grimm. However, a lot happens in these stories that cannot be explained with common sense! For example, how likely is it that an exceptionally beautiful young woman manages the household for seven middle-aged little bachelors without any of the gentlemen making a move on her? And who really believes that a true prince wants to spend his life with a woman who has already lived with seven men? How can it be that an important fairy is uninvited from a baptism just because there aren't enough plates?.