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A fantastic collection. The best thing I can say about it is that I had gotten it out of the library, but bought the book even before finishing it, because I could see myself returning to it time and again, a la Grimm's Fairy Tales.
There's a lot to like about all these stories, but I'll mention one in particular as a stand-out - "Li Chi Slays the Serpent." It's a dragon-slaying story, with the woman as dragon-slayer instead of victim. The beast is fed, as in the Saint George story, by young girl ...more
There's a lot to like about all these stories, but I'll mention one in particular as a stand-out - "Li Chi Slays the Serpent." It's a dragon-slaying story, with the woman as dragon-slayer instead of victim. The beast is fed, as in the Saint George story, by young girl ...more

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