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Title:

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
 

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Genres:

Folklore & Mythology

Series:

Myths, The

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 2007-00-00 Canongate  

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Blurb: 
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. But what does she have to do with a writer's journey to Bulgaria in 2007 on behalf of her mother? Or with a trio of old women who decide to spend a week together at a hotel spa? Startlingly original, "Baba Yaga Laid an Egg" takes a traditional myth and spins it afresh. The result is an extraordinary meditation on femininity, ageing, identity, secrets, storytelling and love.