![]() ![]() ![]() But in chasing after the paper crane, she falls into a lake and comes face to face with a dragon. Princess Shiori’anama is headed to her betrothal ceremony when a paper crane that she accidentally brought to life escapes, almost revealing her powers in her country where magic is banned. It’s a fairytale so, of course, it must begin with a beautiful princess. “My parents were able to procure a few collections of Asian folktales for me while visiting Hong Kong and Singapore. There were extremely few fantasies,” she said, reflecting on her childhood. “There really weren’t many books that featured Asian characters-and those that existed were either biographies or historical fiction. In an interview with The Tempest, Elizabeth Lim describes her young-adult fantasy novel as a reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans. At its core, the genre of fairytales is about transformation and revelation and in this tradition, Elizabeth Lim’s Six Crimson Cranes is in familiar territory. But in that same breath, we realize that the beast is a prince, the grandmother is a wolf, the sisters’ feet are bleeding through glass slippers, and the emperor is naked. ![]() ![]() We think we know what we’re getting ourselves into: there is a beautiful princess, an evil villain, swoon-worthy princes, and emotional-support critters. ![]()
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