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I really enjoyed what this book had to offer. Its format and overt sexuality might take some readers by surprise, but if you think of this as written like a book of mythology, it works perfectly well. The chapters in the book are each a stand alone story. Some of them build upon previous chapters with events or characters, but not all.
What we get here is a fantastic crafting of a world and all of its myth. The place setting was mostly in the dessert, almost an Arabic sort of description. It all ...more
What we get here is a fantastic crafting of a world and all of its myth. The place setting was mostly in the dessert, almost an Arabic sort of description. It all ...more
Lush, fairy-tale vocabulary and vivid imagery made this a fun read, but the sexism dated it a lot and I'm too curmudgeonly to give books a pass on that anymore.
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Fascinating book, with its mythologic-perspective and long gaze. Mysterious, beautiful and terrible. Wonderful stuff.
Jun 12, 2012
Jennifer
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