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Lädt ... Skull and Pestle: New Tales of Baba Yagavon Kate Wolford (Herausgeber)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. These were great little stories of the Baba Yaga. I really enjoyed reading it. I especially enjoyed A Tale Soon Told and Teeth. This would appeal to anyone who enjoys fairy tales and folklore.*I received a copy of this book for free. The review is my own, honest and unsolicited. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I received this book as a LibraryThing Early Reviewer. It's an enjoyable collection of seven stories that each move Baba Yaga through time and space, creating interesting new tales. The stories all take off from the basic conceit of Baba Yaga and her house on chicken legs, her portar and pestle, the fence of skulls and bones, and the rides of Dawn, Day, and Night.The first few stories stick close to the original tales, but then we move on to Poland during WWII, the southern US after the Civil War, a fantasyscape of unknown time and place, and finally the US again, closer to now. My favorites were Kate Forsyth's "Vasilisa the Wise," Lissa Sloan's "A Tale Soon Told," Szmeralda Shanel's "The Swamp Hag's Apprentice." I also thought Jill Marie Ross's "Baba Yaga: Her Story" was a nicely done origin story. (4.5/5) Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. An anthology from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Programme in exchange for an honest review.The seven stories collected in this anthology run from the traditional Russian story to modern-day America. The common theme is, naturally, the old witch living apart in the woods, i.e. Baba Yaga, and the bargains she makes with those who seek her out. I did like the two African-American themed stories - they both worked well. I also enjoyed the two traditional retellings. The story I thought that didn’t work well was the modern American story - Boy Meets Witch; but this may be because I’m coming from the European tradition and the story seemed to be about the American immigrant tradition. The last two stories were more so-so, but this is the problem with a multi-author anthology - there’s always something that you don’t like. Recommended Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I didn’t know a lot about the folklore of Baba Yaga before reading this so it was instructive to peruse this collection, but the major flaw was that it seems there is only one story about her - told here over and over with a slight variety of backdrops. It got quite repetitive. The second story, “A tale soon told” by Lisa Sloan was frustrating in that it hinted at an additional storyline but it skimmed over the essentials and none of the other contributions fleshed it out so I was left confused. My standouts were “Boy meets witch” by Rebecca A Coats and “Teeth” by Cordo Cook. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
She can be the enemy of your nightmares or the spirit guide to your dreams. Her hair is wild and gray. Her teeth are made of iron, and she travels using a giant mortar and pestle and lives in a shack on chicken feet surrounded by a fence of skulls and bones. She is Baba Yaga, a crone who ruthlessly uses the needy and greedy for her own devices. And in this anthology of new stories starring Baba Yaga, she lands in some spectacular scenarios.A Jewish resistance fighter in World War II Poland must gain the help of Baba Yaga to vanquish three supernatural men and avenge the loss of her comrades. A young mother leaves her family to serve the witch in penance for committing a terrible wrong. One story delves into Baba Yaga's tragic origins, while another re-examines the classic tale of Vasilisa, following the young girl who comes to Baba Yaga for fire on her own journey from maiden to mother to crone. One tale transports the witch from the forests of Russia to the swamplands of the American South, expertly weaving together Slavic and African-American folklore, and another brings her right into the modern day, as a young boy goes looking for a witch to put a spell on a school bully and gets more than he bargained for. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorKate Wolfords Buch Skull and Pestle: New Tales of Baba Yaga wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeine
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I like stories with Baba Yaga in it. I actually have a fairytale book with Russian fairytales with pictures that scared me when I was younger...