![]() At times, it becomes a challenge to remember who’s story you are reading, as they bounce back and forth quite often. The plot weaves through a prince who encounters a witch, leading to the tale of a grandmother, and then a wolf, and then back to the witch, and then to a nursemaid, and so on.įilled with fantastical creatures, mythical places, and wizards and witches, In the Night Garden isn’t just one story, but is a tapestry of stories that are interwoven, leading to a dense cloth that continually comes back on itself. ![]() ![]() The story she tells weaves in and out of other stories, as the characters in her stories encounter others who then tell their stories. Or rather, the girl tells the stories, to the young prince who, against the wishes of his parents, befriends the girl. Valente tells the story of a strange little girl who is hidden in the gardens of a palace. In the Night Garden, part one of The Orphan’s Tales, Catherynne M. ![]()
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