
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg - Myths (Paperback)
Dubravka Ugresic (author), Celia Hawkesworth (translator), Ellen Elias-Bursac (translator), Mark Thompson (translator)- 10+ in stock
Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology. She appears in many forms: as Pupa, a tricksy, cantankerous old woman who keeps her legs tucked into a huge furry boot; as a trio of mischievous elderly women who embark on the trip of a lifetime to a hotel spa; and as a villainous flock of ravens, black hens and magpies infected with the H5N1 virus. But what story does Baba Yaga have to tell us today?
This is a quizzical tale about one of the most pervasive and poerful creatures in all mythology, and an extraordinary yarn of identity, secrets, storytelling and love.
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781847673060
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 234 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
Edition: Main
MEDIA REVIEWS
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 * *
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