A Fairy Tale Journey through Moscow in “Little Foxes Took Up Matches” – Chicago Review of Books

A Fairy Tale Journey through Moscow in “Little Foxes Took Up Matches” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Katya Kazbek’s debut novel Little Foxes Took Up Matches, eleven year-old Mitya strives to find his place in 1990s Moscow. As a toddler, Mitya swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle without consequence, an event that led his family to conclude that he is doomed to an early, sudden death, but that Mitya himself takes … Read more