“Read it now” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Weaving folklore, fairy tale & Norse myth into a shimmering, witty & slyly subversive tapestry, Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – a rediscovered gem of classic fantasy writing – has just been republished in the UK by Virago
https://store.virago.co.uk/products/travel-light
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“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”
— Amal El-Mohtar on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – via @NPR
https://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258384937/crossroads-and-coins-naomi-mitchisons-travel-light
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Assoc for Scottish Literature