Cinderella Meets Serpentina In Kiev

01 Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

Marina from Ukraine (visit her on last.fm) contributed these illustrations by Alexandr Mychajlow for Fairytales of Foreign Writers (Ukraine, 1988). I can’t find any info on the artist.

The top two illustrations are for E. T. A. Hoffmann’s “The Golden Pot” (in which the character Serpentina appears). Even if you hate the German Romantics — but then, how could you stand this blog? — you should give the novella a try. I read the Oxford translation, but it’s also in this nice edition and countless anthologies.

01 Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

09a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

07a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

03a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

04a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

05a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

06a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

08a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

02a Alexandr Mychajlow, illus. for Fairytales of foreign writers, 1988, Ukraine

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