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which I find oddly comforting.īreas provokes me-I mean really pisses me off. I also know my best friend, Lizzie, is obsessed with the spell book I found in Gram's attic.Īnd someone is following me.

I only know the visions began when Breas, the new foreign exchange student, moved in next door. I know nothing about Druids or Celtic gods. They worship the forgotten Celtic gods that once ruled the Earth, and for centuries, they've practiced in Vernal Falls without incident. How dare he expect me to attend class when there's all sorts of weird voodoo crap going on? I steal, and if I keep following the advice of Scott, my reputation for being a badass will be ruined.

If you like Linsey Hall, Leia Stone, and CN Crawford, you'll love The Goddess Chronicles. She also translated Kirino's 2003 novel Grotesque.Sabrina meets Celtic Mythology. Rebecca Copeland is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, where her research and teaching focuses on women, gender and translation studies. A prolific writer, she is most famous for her 1998 novel Out, which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan's top mystery award, and was a finalist (in translation) for the 2004 Edgar Best Novel Award. Natsuo Kirino is a leading figure in Japanese crime fiction. a compelling tale, with foundations in an allegory-rich fable that more than deserves its rejuvenation- 'Independent on Sunday' Lyrical, with an impelling storyline that demands attention. Kirino's retelling is a taut, disturbing and timeless tale, filled with rage and pathos for the battles that women have to fight every day, battles which have, apparently, existed from the moment of creation-TAN TWAN ENG 'Guardian' In its boldness and originality, it broadens our sense of what modern Japanese fiction can be- 'Telegraph on Real World' It is one of the most unexpected and playful novels to emerge from Japan in recent years. In her wildly far-reaching tale of relations between gods and men, men and women, life and death, darkness and light, Natsuo Kirino tells a peripatetic, global, and truly satisfying love story of how it is to be human-STELLA DUFFY Got my heart beating- 'Daily Telegraph on Out' Natsuo Kirino eloquently reveals that far from being the weaker sex, women shoulder responsibilities that men are not strong enough to bear- 'Washington Independent Review of Books' In telling Namima's story, the author reworks the ancient tale of Izanami and Izanaki into one of female solidarity and determined strength. Remarkable- 'Los Angeles Times'Įnthralling. prepared to push the human limits of this world. a tantalising introduction to an unfamiliar creation myth- 'The Idle Woman'īe prepared for a book utterly unlike anything we are used to in crime fiction- 'Independent on Real World'ĭaring and disturbing. Dark and elemental, it's the perfect kind of tale for Kirino's pen. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.Ī dark and lovely feminist retelling of the Japanese creation myth- 'NPR'Īn eerie tale of joy and sorrow, light and darkness, love and vengeance.

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Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S.

The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. But what will happen when she returns to the island? Based on the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi, The Goddess Chronicle is a fantastical tour de force about ferocious love and bitter revenge. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. On an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. About the Book A fantastical retelling of the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi from the internationally bestselling author of Out

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