Naomi Mitchison: Travel light (Paperback, 1985, Virago)
Paperback, 147 pages
English language
Published July 14, 1985 by Virago.
Travel Light is the story of Halla, a girl born to a king but cast out onto the hills to die. She lives among bears; she lives among dragons. But the time of dragons is passing, and Odin All-Father offers Halla a choice: Will she stay dragonish and hoard wealth and possessions, or will she travel light?
From the dark ages to modern times, from the dragons of medieval forests to Constantinople, this is a fantastic and philosophical fairy-tale journey that will appeal to fans of Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones, and T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone.
Delightfully enchanting. On offer is an antidote to the jaded disillusionment of the way of things - the way things could be if one were to travel light.
