"I would rather have the large piece and your curse," replied the daughter. Off she went down the road and when the night came wreathing around her she sat at the foot of a wall to eat her bread. A ...
One wrinkle might seem like any other - you might not think to differentiate between the crows feet wreathing your eyes or the creases across your neck. But each one can pop up for different reasons.
And he wasn’t too far wrong. 'Man's Head in Woman's Hair', Edvard Munch, c. 1896, coloured woodcut, photo: Wikimedia Commons In later works, Dagny’s flowing red hair virtually assumes a life of its ...
There is always a touch of magic to Erdrich's writing, lightly held, hinting at other forms of narrative, ancient ways of telling stories, wreathing around us like smoke. As always, she's worth ...