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The Lotus and the Grail: Legends from East to West
A collection of eighteen retold tales and legends from all over the world
268 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1974
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Rosemary Harris
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Harris attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute. She served in the British Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary Westminster Division during World War II, and has worked as a picture restorer, a reader for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a children's book reviewer for The Times from 1970 to 1973. She won the Carnegie Medal in 1968 for The Moon in the Cloud. This book was the first in a trilogy set in ancient Egypt. The subsequent books were The Shadow on the Sun and The Bright and Morning Star. The book was also the basis for a 1978 episode of the BBC series "Jackanory." Other books dealt with topics as diverse as terrorism, magic and futuristic totalitarianism.
Harris attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute. She served in the British Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary Westminster Division during World War II, and has worked as a picture restorer, a reader for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a children's book reviewer for The Times from 1970 to 1973. She won the Carnegie Medal in 1968 for The Moon in the Cloud. This book was the first in a trilogy set in ancient Egypt. The subsequent books were The Shadow on the Sun and The Bright and Morning Star. The book was also the basis for a 1978 episode of the BBC series "Jackanory." Other books dealt with topics as diverse as terrorism, magic and futuristic totalitarianism.
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April 5, 2012
I enjoyed Errol Le Cain's illustrations, as always, and all eighteen of the tales were new to me, which was a pleasant surprise. But there were occasional moments in Harris' storytelling that were off-putting. For instance, the way the characters talk in "White Orchid, Red Mountain"---surely if they're speaking their native Chinese, they shouldn't sound as though they're speaking broken English. I'd certainly recommend the collection to someone who's eager for more folklore, but the read is a little rockier than I'd prefer.
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