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Very poetically-written exploration of Russian folktales and myth intertwined into Russian history between the 1920s to the 1940s. Highly evocative of the culture and the emotional toll of its history, as we see the love and struggle between Marya and her husband Koschei the Deathless, who fights the war between the Tsar of Death and the Tsar of Life even as mundane Russia undergoes Lenin, Stalin and then the Second World War. Can be very funny at times, as with the house-elves who collectivised and formed their own committee in imitation of their humans; can also be very sad, in its honest treatment of grief, loss and survival alongside love and hope. I found it a very engrossing read.