Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
- 20 May 2010
- 9781847673060
- £10.99
- 336 pp
- 129×198mm
- 21 May 2009
- 9781847676085
- £8.79
- 256 pp
In a few words
Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga – one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology
In a few words
Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga – one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology
Ugrasic's retelling may be blisteringly postmodern in its execution but at its heart is a human warmth and even a silliness that infuses it with the sweet magic of storytelling.
Melissa Katsoulis
The TimesPacked with intellectual surprises and emotional revelations
Tina Jackson
The MetroUgrasic's retelling may be blisteringly postmodern in its execution but at its heart is a human warmth and even a silliness that infuses it with the sweet magic of storytelling.
Melissa Katsoulis
The TimesPacked with intellectual surprises and emotional revelations
Tina Jackson
The MetroMore about
the book
Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology. She appears in many forms: as Pupa, a tricksy, cantankerous old woman who keeps her legs tucked into a huge furry boot; as a trio of mischievous elderly women who embark on the trip of a lifetime to a hotel spa; and as a villainous flock of ravens, black hens and magpies infected with the H5N1 virus. But what story does Baba Yaga have to tell us today?
This is a quizzical tale about one of the most pervasive and poerful creatures in all mythology, and an extraordinary yarn of identity, secrets, storytelling and love.
More about
the book
Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology. She appears in many forms: as Pupa, a tricksy, cantankerous old woman who keeps her legs tucked into a huge furry boot; as a trio of mischievous elderly women who embark on the trip of a lifetime to a hotel spa; and as a villainous flock of ravens, black hens and magpies infected with the H5N1 virus. But what story does Baba Yaga have to tell us today?
This is a quizzical tale about one of the most pervasive and poerful creatures in all mythology, and an extraordinary yarn of identity, secrets, storytelling and love.
The message that old crones are the product of "long-lived, labyrinthine, fertile, profoundly misogynistic but also cathartic work of the imagination" is expressed with humour, eloquence and anger.
Alyssa Mcdonald
New StatesmanUgresic has a unique tone of voice, a madcap wit and a lovely sense of the absurd. Ingenious.
Marina Warner
She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished.
Ugresic is sharp, funny and unfazed in the face of the little dictators who have torn apart her former country. Orwell would be proud.
Timothy Garton-ash On The Ministry Of Pain
The message that old crones are the product of "long-lived, labyrinthine, fertile, profoundly misogynistic but also cathartic work of the imagination" is expressed with humour, eloquence and anger.
Alyssa Mcdonald
New StatesmanUgresic has a unique tone of voice, a madcap wit and a lovely sense of the absurd. Ingenious.
Marina Warner
She is a writer to follow. A writer to be cherished.
Ugresic is sharp, funny and unfazed in the face of the little dictators who have torn apart her former country. Orwell would be proud.
Timothy Garton-ash On The Ministry Of Pain
Dubravka Ugresic
View profileDubravka Ugresic was born in 1949 in Yugoslavia. She has published both novels and books of essays. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and she has received several major European literary awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, known as the ‘American Nobel’, in 2016. She was also a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2009. She is now based in Amsterdam.
Dubravka Ugresic
View profileDubravka Ugresic was born in 1949 in Yugoslavia. She has published both novels and books of essays. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and she has received several major European literary awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, known as the ‘American Nobel’, in 2016. She was also a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2009. She is now based in Amsterdam.
