Book review - Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deathless-Catherynne-M-Valente/dp/0765326302
This was good. A fairytale. But a feminist fairytale. With Soviet history.
See ehat it does - Russian folklore, Russian history. More Russian than Borscht + Blinis + vodka for supper.
I guess more than anything it reminded me of Angela Carter in that it was a rich and sensual fairytale. Took a couple of goes to really get started, then I couldn't stop. And that reminds me that my only criticism is that it's a bit like Christmas cake or rich drak chocolate - occasionally I'd feel like I had one of those binge-fuelled rich-food headaches.
This was good. A fairytale. But a feminist fairytale. With Soviet history.
See ehat it does - Russian folklore, Russian history. More Russian than Borscht + Blinis + vodka for supper.
I guess more than anything it reminded me of Angela Carter in that it was a rich and sensual fairytale. Took a couple of goes to really get started, then I couldn't stop. And that reminds me that my only criticism is that it's a bit like Christmas cake or rich drak chocolate - occasionally I'd feel like I had one of those binge-fuelled rich-food headaches.