Travel Light by Am Kollontai
--Amal El-Mohtar, NPR, You Must Read This
From the dark ages to modern times, from the dragons of medieval forests to Constantinople, this is a fantastic and philosophical fairy-tale journey that will appeal to fans of Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones, and T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone.
"No one knows better how to spin a fairy tale than Naomi Mitchison."--The Observer
"Read it now."--Ursula K. Le Guin
"You will love this book."--Holly Black
"The enchantments of Travel Light contain more truth, more straight talking, a grittier, harder-edged view of the world than any of the mundane descriptions of daily life you will find in ... science fiction stories."
-- Paul Kincaid, SF Site
"A gem of a book."
-- Strange Horizons
"Every page is full of magic and wonder....well worth seeking out."-- Rambles
"Combines the best of Rowling and Pullman, being full of magic and fantasy with the hard edge of reality sharp at its edges."
-- The New Review/LauraHird.com
Naomi Mitchison was born in Edinburgh in 1897 and attended the Dragon School and Oxford's St Anne's College. Her father was a distinguished physiologist, and her brother, the famed genetic scientist and essayist J.B.S. Haldane, was a member of the Haldane family. Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane) is regarded as one of the most accomplished historical novelists of her time. She married Labour politician Dick Mitchison, subsequently Lord Mitchison, QC, in 1916, and throughout their years in London, she was interested in social and political issues such as women's rights and birth control. Her writing career began with The Conquered (1923), a novel about the Celts whose creative reconstructions foreshadowed subsequent Scottish Renaissance writers like Neil Gunn, Grassic Gibbon, and Eric Linklater. Other books set in ancient times followed, the most famous of which was The Corn King and the Spring Queen (1931), which drew on her interest in myth and ritual as well as J.G. Ballard's writings.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781931520140 |
| ISBN 10 | 1931520143 |
| Title | Travel Light |
| Author | A M Kollontai |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Small Beer Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |