Rachel Thorn on Nostr: I read The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton, to my daughter for the first time in ...
I read The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton, to my daughter for the first time in more than a year. What a great book. Unlike so many children’s books, it doesn’t rhyme or follow a rigid meter, but it’s a beautiful poem where every word is carefully chosen and arranged just so. The rhythm, the motifs and repeating tropes, every element feels perfect.
Just don’t ask questions like “Who owned the land the little house was on all those years?” or “Why wasn’t the house taken by eminent domain?” or “Why didn’t anyone squat there?”
It’s also kind of wild to think it was made during wartime. In Japan at that time it would have been difficult to publish a story like that with no reference to the war or appeal to nationalism.
Just don’t ask questions like “Who owned the land the little house was on all those years?” or “Why wasn’t the house taken by eminent domain?” or “Why didn’t anyone squat there?”
It’s also kind of wild to think it was made during wartime. In Japan at that time it would have been difficult to publish a story like that with no reference to the war or appeal to nationalism.