5/27/2023 0 Comments Tainaron leena krohn![]() I’m sure many will find this nonsensical, bizarre, maybe pointless, yet there’s something memorable and almost poetic about the book. There’s something visceral in the narrative, making this a book with an amorphous emotional impact. ![]() The most obvious nuance is one of change. I’ve heard the character writing the letters is female, but I never picked up on that and saw the letter writer as male, lost and adrift, having travelled to Tainaron seeking a promise that may never be fulfilled unless it’s found within. We never know the recipient of these letters and only get to know the writer obliquely. ![]() ![]() The story from this Finnish prize-winning author is a fantasy told in a series of letters written by a foreign visitor and sent from an insect city. First, the copy I have is of a small hardback book that’s a delight to hold with an eye-catching slip cover, and drawings dotted throughout a fast read at only 124 pages. ![]()
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