More Quests

All books are quests of one kind or another. To self, they represent explorations of new experiences.

New Edition of Don Quixote, at the AWP 2016 Bookfair in Los Angeles

From the Europa booth at the 2016 AWP Los Angeles Book Fair

from self’s own copy of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans, retold by Amy Ehrlich, illustrated by Susan Jeffers

This is how the fairy tale begins:

Far, far away, in a warm and pleasant land, there once lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter. The princes wore stars on their shirts and swords at their sides, and their sister, Elise, sat on a footstool made of glass. These children were happy from the time they woke in the morning until they went to their beds at night. They never imagined another life.

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.