Of friendship, love and dragons
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Loading... - Henrik Farkas
- 17 Jun 2022
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If you're a fantasy nut like me, you'll be acutely aware of just how "westernised"—almost to the point of being whitewashed—the entire genre is. This is, of course, a direct reflection of the fact that most of the popular fantasy writers are from the Western side of the world. And while, in the last decade, more fantasy/fiction books have started to enter the market, they have centuries of catalogues to catch up to.
That is why it was genuinely refreshing when I came across Sue Lynn Tan's debut novel, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Harper Voyager, 2022), a book where the foundations of its fantastical world is based around mythology.
Inspired by the legend of the moon goddess, Chang'e, the story follows the tale of daughter of Chang'e, as she goes on a magical journey to be reunited with her mother.
While there are many iterations of the tale of Chang'e, one of the popular ones is as follows: the Lord Archer and the husband of Chang'e—is given the elixir of life from the Celestial Emperor after saving Earth from the emperor's sons, who had transformed into 10 suns and tried to burn the planet to a crisp. He, however, does not want to become immortal if his wife cannot join him as one. Read More...
