In Deathless, Catherynne Valente ambitiously takes on the Russian tale of Koschei the Deathless, turning the traditional tale of the wicked bride-stealing Tsar of Life into a modern fable featuring one such bride, Marya Morevna, who learns to match Koschei in deviousness. “The rapt pupil will be for...
This is the second audio book I have listened to recently where I'm pretty sure I would have liked the book much better if I'd read it rather than listened to it. I thought this one would work well as an audio book, because Valente's prose tends to be complex and voluptuous and I thought that liste...