RUSALKA by C. J. Cherryh

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Rusalka (1989) is a fantasy novel by C. J. Cherryh that reworks Russian folklore into an alternate history of the Kievan Rus’. Sasha Misurov, a young and untrained wizard, and Pyetr Kochevikov, a drinking/gambling/screwing around “scoundrel” who doesn’t believe in magic, are forced out of their hometown of Vojvoda after one of Pyetr’s illicit affairs … Read more

Ode to Deutsch

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Berlin - Don't Kill Me, I'm in Love

What is it with me and my enduring passion for all things Teutophone? I mean the enduring passion that causes me to fiercely defend the aesthetics of the German language; squeal in delight to hear German spoken in my vicinity; feel my heart race in love and wonder when I hold a German-language novel in … Read more