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Folktales of the Amur: Stories from the Russian Far East

Dmitri Nagishkin

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Aug 24, 2017 Tam G rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adventure, history-historical, world-lit, graphic-novel, fable-or-fairy-tale, short-stories

As a Westerner, I don't find these tales as comforting as say, Hans Christian Andersen, but they are very, very interesting culturally and the artwork is beyond amazing. Some of them are very like Western tales (the greedy get come-uppance, don't be lazy, the hero's journey) and some are very unique and imaginative. The mix of native substance hunting, trading with the Chinese, the magic of the taiga people are intriguing.

And then there's Gennady Pavlishin. Google his artwork. Amazing. ...more

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Oct 25, 2008 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: diverse-hero-or-heroine, diversity-on-cover, myth-and-lore-asia, literature-russian, myth-and-lore-russia

This collection has some wonderful tales, a good portion of which have strong heroines in them, so if you are looking for something better than "Cinderella" and "Snow White", this is it. Beautiful illustrations. ...more

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Nov 09, 2015 Trinity marked it as to-read

Shelves: mythology-or-fairytale-related, russian

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