aLL FAIRYTALES WERE HISTORY ONCE
NIGHTWOOD, ELANA GOMEL
READING THIS BOOK WAS LIKE READING THE WRITINGS OF A DEAR FRIEND WHO I’VE NEVER MET IN PERSON, BUT HAVE KNOWN MY WHOLE LIFE. IT’S A MIX OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY, PAGANISM, FOLKLORE, AND HISTORY. IT IS DARK; IT IS GHASTLY. IT IS INFUSED WITH THE INDOMITABLE UKRAINIAN SPIRIT AND PENCHANT FOR INNOVATION. IT ILLUSTRATES THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY OF THE UKRAINIAN PSYCHE, A BLEND OF PRACTICALITY AND MAGIC, FAIRY TALES AND NIGHT TERRORS. I WAS BY TURNS HORRIFIED, TURNED INSIDE OUT, AND INSPIRED BY ALLY’S STRUGGLE THROUGH nIGHTWOOD. I FEEL LIKE I CAN TAKE ON ANYTHING.
uKRAINE IS A PLACE WHERE MAGIC AND FABLES MEET HISTORY AND NIGHTMARES. MY MOTHERLAND IS BEAUTIFUL AND HEART-RENDING. SHE IS BEAUTY; SHE IS FIRE; SHE IS NIGHTMARE AND DESIRE.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS AUTHOR. AT LEAST READ THE BOOK, OR BETTER YET, BUY IT. IT BELONGS IN YOUR LIBRARY!
~~ SHALANOSA
…the boundaries between history and myth are very thin.
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