Sentences with phrase «russian folktale»
Just as reading a Russian folktale inspired her to write The Snow Child, so too did the concept for Eowyn Ivey's second novel arise from a piece of literature - this time on the fragile pages of a rare book she discovered at the bookshop where she worked.
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Susan Chang: Vassa in the Night is a retelling of the Russian folktale «Vassilissa the Beautiful.»
Siberian cats are popular in Russian folktales and for some 1,000 years that they have been known in the country, they were considered as champions by household owners and shopkeepers because they keep mice away.