Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic
Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga - one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology
Ugrasic's retelling may be blisteringly postmodern in its execution but at its heart is a human warmth and even a silliness that infuses it with the sweet magic of storytelling-- Melissa Katsoulis * * The Times * *
Packed with intellectual surprises and emotional revelations -- Tina Jackson * * The Metro * *
The message that old crones are the product of "long-lived, labyrinthine, fertile, profoundly misogynistic but also cathartic work of the imagination" is expressed with humour, eloquence and anger. -- Alyssa McDonald * * New Statesman * *
Ugresic has a unique tone of voice, a madcap wit and a lovely sense of the absurd. Ingenious. -- Marina Warner
She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished. * * Susan Sontag * *
Ugresic is sharp, funny and unfazed in the face of the little dictators who have torn apart her former country. Orwell would be proud. -- Timothy Garton-Ash on THE MINISTRY OF PAIN
Contains some of the most profound reflections on culture, memory and madness you wiill ever read. -- Carole Angier on THE MINISTRY OF PAIN * * Independent * *
Packed with intellectual surprises and emotional revelations -- Tina Jackson * * The Metro * *
The message that old crones are the product of "long-lived, labyrinthine, fertile, profoundly misogynistic but also cathartic work of the imagination" is expressed with humour, eloquence and anger. -- Alyssa McDonald * * New Statesman * *
Ugresic has a unique tone of voice, a madcap wit and a lovely sense of the absurd. Ingenious. -- Marina Warner
She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished. * * Susan Sontag * *
Ugresic is sharp, funny and unfazed in the face of the little dictators who have torn apart her former country. Orwell would be proud. -- Timothy Garton-Ash on THE MINISTRY OF PAIN
Contains some of the most profound reflections on culture, memory and madness you wiill ever read. -- Carole Angier on THE MINISTRY OF PAIN * * Independent * *
Dubravka Ugresic was born in 1949 in Yugoslavia. She has published both novels and books of essays. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and she has received several major European literary awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, known as the 'American Nobel', in 2016. She was also a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2009. She is now based in Amsterdam.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847673060 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847673066 |
| Title | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg |
| Author | Dubravka Ugresic |
| Series | Myths |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award 2011 (Ireland) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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