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A review by jeckehecke
The Narrow Cage and Other Modern Fairy Tales by Vasily Eroshenko
4.0
*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free book!*
What a fascinating collection of poems that a blind, Russian born, Esperanto / Japanese writing author, linguist, and teacher wrote when in Japan / China and inspired by the places. The stories are easy to get into, some have quite the exciting twist, others are more conventional or maybe I just didn't get them. Jack Zipes' foreword was also incredibly informative and the entire backstory was fascinating. Eroshenko lived quite the life!
4 stars
What a fascinating collection of poems that a blind, Russian born, Esperanto / Japanese writing author, linguist, and teacher wrote when in Japan / China and inspired by the places. The stories are easy to get into, some have quite the exciting twist, others are more conventional or maybe I just didn't get them. Jack Zipes' foreword was also incredibly informative and the entire backstory was fascinating. Eroshenko lived quite the life!
4 stars