![]() ![]() The novel follows the plot of the fairy tale pretty closely, but I was as engrossed as if I’d never heard the story before.ġ. In East, the protagonist is Rose, the youngest daughter in a large sixteenth-century Norwegian family. But before I give you Kailana’s questions and my answers, a short introduction: East is a retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, an animal bridegroom tale with many similarities to the myth of Cupid and Psyche. We decided that we’d each ask the other five questions about the book, and then we'd post our answers the same day. A couple of weeks ago, Kailana and I noticed we were both planning to read East by Edith Pattou, so she suggested we read it at the same time and review it together. ![]()
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