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Books by Ellen Elias-Bursac
Leeches
- Hardcover, 309 pages
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
- Hardcover, 327 pages
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Book Reviews
'Leeches': A Tale Of The Balkans, Breathlessly Told
May 4, 2011 David Albahari's Leeches is a full-steam-ahead, 300-page run-on paragraph told energetically by a nameless narrator. Set in Belgrade in the late 1990s, the novel peers into the dark currents flowing just beneath the surface of human experience.
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Feminism And Folklore, Braided Into Modern Life
February 16, 2010 Dubravka Ugresic's Baba Yaga Laid an Egg explores issues of women and aging through three modern retellings of the story of Baba Yaga, the villainous crone at the heart of many Eastern European folk tales.
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A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.
Author Interviews
A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
