![]() ![]() Jane Yolen has a fine record with this kind of book, and she has not let herself down. Towering classic “Metamorphosis” and the exquisite prose of Isak Dinesen, through Saki's happy, horrid whimsy and a poignant tale by the anthologist herself, to the somber cadences of Shulamith Oppenheim. The shape‐changing into wolf, dog, cat, fox, deer, squid, monster, machine and “anything” is well‐handled in a wide spectrum of styles and periods, from of Kafka's Van Vogt's ingenious “The Enchanted Village” - might it be said that the surprise has been seriously grounded, but the parameters of the story are so unusual that it can be forgiven. It is pleasant, therefore, to see how deftly Jane Yolen, with just this arrangement, has avoided this particular lobotomy. ![]()
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