Folk Tales within Folk Tales in “When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain” – Chicago Review of Books

Folk Tales within Folk Tales in “When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A general move that most fantasy has made, perhaps most fiction has made, is to zoom in, to show more, to unpack rather than summarize. Where a fairy tale or earlier fiction might just say “they traveled for a month,” the more modern approach is likely to tell you what that felt like, what … Read more

The Tactile Experience of History in “Tales of Forgotten Chicago” – Chicago Review of Books

The Tactile Experience of History in “Tales of Forgotten Chicago” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Reading Richard Lindberg’s new book Tales of Forgotten Chicago is like spending the afternoon exploring Chicago’s attic. Nestled in amongst the holiday decorations and old suitcases are people, places, and events that were once the talk of the Windy City, but have since slipped from civic memory. Richard Lindberg, an award-winning author and historian, … Read more