by Francis Spufford
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Finance, Politics, and History.
Spufford cunningly maps out a literary genre of his own . . . Freewheeling and fabulous. The Times (London)Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentiethcentury magic called the planned economy, which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism cou...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Finance, Politics, and History.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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