Thanks BV! I guess the thing is if you don't have the space to develop character or narrative, you hit the symbolism and spare prose style hard to compensate.
One of my favorite books is a collection of folk tales from Bohemia. They're all tales about devils, but not the Christian devil, just little trickster demons. This story reads just like those stories, which is to say: I love it. 👏
BV nailed it right away, he commented on an earlier installment that it reminded him of these Hindu tales called Panchatantra. So guess what, it turns out that these tales were derived from those tales through an Arabic text called "el Kalila wa dimna" by Ibn al-Muqaffa, which was translated into Spanish as the Calila e Dimna.
At present I'm compiling all kinds of folk tales and fairy tales and fables into a massive collection, which goes in parallel with my dream collections. Did you know there's a systematising index, like "Type 633 - Poor child returns home having made his fortune" kind of thing? Fascinating what these 'narratologists' get up to.
I loved the contrast between the dessicated skeleton and the lush greenery. Timing is everything!
Thanks BV! I guess the thing is if you don't have the space to develop character or narrative, you hit the symbolism and spare prose style hard to compensate.
One of my favorite books is a collection of folk tales from Bohemia. They're all tales about devils, but not the Christian devil, just little trickster demons. This story reads just like those stories, which is to say: I love it. 👏
BV nailed it right away, he commented on an earlier installment that it reminded him of these Hindu tales called Panchatantra. So guess what, it turns out that these tales were derived from those tales through an Arabic text called "el Kalila wa dimna" by Ibn al-Muqaffa, which was translated into Spanish as the Calila e Dimna.
At present I'm compiling all kinds of folk tales and fairy tales and fables into a massive collection, which goes in parallel with my dream collections. Did you know there's a systematising index, like "Type 633 - Poor child returns home having made his fortune" kind of thing? Fascinating what these 'narratologists' get up to.
I did not. Interesting! I'm a sucker for a good folk tale. I'll have to read Panchatantra.
Mysterious and haunting. The cool thing is that everything feels so connected.