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She comes to cleave this mountain.

She comes to cleave this mountain.

Sick Crane Studio , paintings by Qun Bai
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(And then, rebuild a story house that belongs to women.)
"Fairy, I think they're lying to you." "Who's lying to me?" "Your father-emperor, your husband, everyone around you who tells you that you need a feather robe to fly." "You're a fairy, fairies can fly by nature."
25 bright, bold new fairy tales, attempting to cleave through those "always-been-so" fairy tales and legends, restoring women's true selves and authentic desires.
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✨Editor's Recommendation
◎In an era when fairy tales are dead, fairy tales are resurrected. Old idols collapse, women cleave mountains.
◎Hans Christian Andersen said: "A girl who can feel a tiny pea under twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds is a true princess." Sick Crane Studio says: "Defining beauty is a game of power; true goddesses of beauty never speak."
◎25 bright, bold new fairy tales, attempting to cleave through those "always-been-so" fairy tales and legends, restoring women's true selves and authentic desires.
The Azure Wolf King said calmly, without looking back: "Only if the mother runs far can the daughter run far."
Changpu heard the sound of the wind from a distant land, the sound of her and her mother running forward together. —《Cleaving the Mountain》
◎Up-and-coming illustrator Qunbai contributes with passion. Exposed spine thread-bound small format + cross-page color illustrations, possessing both the classical charm of old fairy tales and the sharp edge of new fables.
1. Little field mouse and fairy running to a distant place together. 2. A ball in a birdcage and nightingales chasing a scepter. 3. Miss Magician Rabbit writing diligently in a large hat. 4. Women flying to the moon and their countless companions.
◎The beginning of each chapter innovatively features a "one-sentence fable"—
"You are a fairy, you can fly by nature."
"Mother, only a daughter can cleave this mountain for you."
"Defining beauty is a game of power; true goddesses of beauty never speak."
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◎Cleave the mountain, and then what? —Rebuild a story house that belongs to us.
Women need fairy tales that are exclusively their own, just as they need a room of their own.
"Yes, how can you find the past of a fox spirit in books written by mortals? Just as I cannot find the true appearance of women in books." —《The Heart of the Fox Spirit》
"Women living together, in their eyes, is an Arabian Nights tale. In stories, places where women live together are either fairy lakes, waiting to be picked; or Spider Caves, making them afraid. It seems that dispersing us is the most reasonable thing to do." —《Fairy Lake and Spider Cave》
◎A handwritten letter from the author is included with the book, for every "she" who has been confused or is about to be confused by narratives of being cursed or saved—
"We should reclaim our imagination of ourselves, and use the unrestrained magic in stories to ignite the unrestrained courage within us.
"From this moment on, we will tell stories, little by little, little by little, this story house will be built by our stories, our imagination, into an unshakable towering giant tower.
"I hope you can find resonance and embrace in this story house."

Publication Date

2025-02-01

Publisher

花城出版社

Imprint

the new wave

Pages

288

ISBN

9787574902398
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