Project Tag: Fairytales

by M. Bijman August 4, 2017 0

Mr. Toppit, by Charles Elton

In “Mr. Toppit” Elton has created a fairy-tale within a tale, with suitably Grimm-like ominous overtones.

by M. Bijman August 1, 2017 0

The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Buried Giant is not only memorable, it is also about memory – a quite stunning depiction of memory, love and loss, very precisely observed, and I recommend it highly.

by M. Bijman August 1, 2017 0

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-eight Nights, by Salman Rushdie

This novel is typical Rushdie, a modernization of the fairytales of One Thousand and One Nights which was told by Scheherazade, a legendary queen and storyteller.

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